Elderly man picks up tab, kills self
A 90-year-old man killed himself Tuesday, hours after picking up the tab for all the patrons at a cafe in the village of Palaiochori Dorieon, according to local media.
Tension at Golden Dawn appeal hearing
The hearing of appeals by dozens of members of the now-defunct neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party convicted over the 2013 murder of leftist rapper Pavlos Fyssas, among other crimes, continued on Friday in a tense session that became even more stormy when the lawyer of the only defendant in the courtroom gave a Nazi salute.
Exports jump 70% in August
Rise in exports in first eight months of the year accompanied by increase in imports and widening of the trade deficit during the same period
Jumbo’s 9-month sales rise 11% annually
The Jumbo Group ended the year’s first nine months with an 11% increase in sales, as it recorded positive performance in all countries in which it operates, except for Romania.
New process for ship firms in Cyprus
The plenary of the House of Representatives in Cyprus unanimously passed a law on Thursday that provides for the establishment of a one-stop-shop framework for shipping companies.
Sitel opens MAXhub in Athens
Sitel’s MAXhub in Athens, the company’s first service center in Greece, was officially inaugurated on Thursday.
Teenagers keep vaping despite crackdowns on e-cigarettes
High school students resumed taking the annual National Youth Tobacco Survey in school this year and 14% of them reported using e-cigarettes, underscoring how an upstart industry is dodging regulators’ efforts to spare a generation from nicotine addiction.