Greek unemployment rate continues to drop
The Greek jobless rate eased to 12.5% of the workforce in April, from 12.6% in March and 17.2% in April 2021, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Wednesday.
Cruise industry reaches out to governments
Cruise industry leaders convening in Genoa on Wednesday at the industry’s first European Summit devoted to the decarbonization of cruising have called on governments to join the effort by creating the right regulatory framework and investments to match the industry’s commitment to accelerate the development and delivery of sustainable maritime fuels and technologies necessary to…
The long emergency of homelessness
In October 2018, the city of Chico, California, bowed to a grim reality – too few shelter beds for too many people without places to sleep – and declared an emergency shelter crisis.
BoC plans to close another 15 branches
Up until July 4, Bank of Cyprus will have reduced the number of its branches by 15. Cyprus’ biggest lender intends to shut down seven branches in Nicosia, five in Larnaca-Famagusta and three in Limassol-Paphos.
LPP store to open in Greece
Poland’s biggest clothing retailer LPP will open its first brick-and-mortar stores in Italy and Greece in December, Chief Financial Officer Przemyslaw Lutkiewicz confirmed during a conference call on Wednesday.
ATHEX: News from Frankfurt boosts index
The prospect of a new European Central Bank intervention in favor of overindebted member-states, which Frankfurt raised on Wednesday, boosted prices at Athinon Avenue and saw the benchmark cover almost half of the losses incurred during Tuesday’s selling spree.
Lamda presents plan for The Ellinikon Park (video)
Lamda Development on Wednesday uploaded an online presentation of its plan for development of The Ellinikon Park, the largest coastal park in Europe that will dominate the Athens suburb of Elliniko.
Greek MPs react anew to Turkish minister’s terrorism accusations
Greek lawmakers and Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu on Wednesday exchanged a series of intense comments at a joint meeting of the Political Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) and the Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group, which continues in Istanbul.
Another positive step
The introduction of the digital identity card and the digital driver’s license, which were promoted by the conservative New Democracy government, is another positive step in the reform of the functioning of the state and in the improvement of people’s daily life in Greece.
Valuable ally, you said?
I have been trying for a long time to understand exactly what various Western officials mean when they monotonously repeat that “Turkey is a valuable ally.”