The best social policy is the creation of well-paid new jobs, Deputy Minister of Development and Investments, responsible for research and innovation, Christos Dimas said on Thursday speaking at an event titled “Reskilling: Professions of the Future and Reducing Unemployment” at Thessaloniki City Hall.
The agreement covers 1.5 TWh (terra watt hours) of natural gas that can be transported to Greece via reverse flows, Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas said, without providing further details.
Main opposition SYRIZA intends to vote in favor of the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland to join NATO, its foreign affairs spokesperson told parliament’s foreign affairs committee.
Cyprus ranked 18th in the world in attracting foreign direct investment, as reported in the seventh edition of FDI Intelligence’s Greenfield FDI Performance Index for 2021, going up by 50 places compared to 2020.
Ukrainian engineers at the country’s largest nuclear power plant are relying on its one active reactor to run the station’s critical safety and cooling systems — a precarious stopgap measure that reflects the desperation of the moment, the head of the Ukrainian energy company said Thursday.
Greece’s Foreign Ministry has released a statement countering Turkish claims that it imposes appointed religious leaders, or muftis, on the Muslim minority in the northeastern province of Thrace instead of letting them elect their own.
The Greek stock market showed some early signs of having bottomed out this week, as on Thursday and mainly on Friday it staged robust gains that were based on the growth of bank stock prices after the European Central Bank rate hike and ahead of another one expected next month.
Police, fire brigade and port officers as well as military personnel from various regions of the country held a protest at White Tower Square in Thessaloniki on Friday.
Tension boiled over on Thursday during a preparatory meeting to discuss the list of witnesses that will be summoned by the parliamentary committee of inquiry tasked with investigating Greece’s wiretapping case.
The 2023 Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum will be held in Thessaloniki next spring, as the organizers of Greece’s premier cruising and yachting conference have decided to move the biennial event away from Athens for the first time since its inception 11 years ago.