Road deaths still high, despite drop
Although Greece has seen a decline in road traffic fatalities over the last decade, they remain high. Indicatively, deaths rose to 349 between January and July this year from 325.
Man comes forward in child prostitution case, admits to online chats
A 54-year-old man became the latest suspect on Tuesday to turn himself in to the authorities investigating the forced prostitution of a 12-year-old Athens girl.
Rights group: Turkey forces hundreds to return to Syria
Hundreds of Syrian men and boys were detained, beaten and forcibly returned to their country by Turkish authorities over a six-month period, a leading human rights group said Monday.
Fiscal pressure set for a return
Market signals through high bond yields, the imminent submission of the European Commission’s Stability Pact proposals bringing back fiscal targets after a three-year break due to crises, and the uncertainty from next year’s elections are pointing to the need for a change in the agenda.
Greece to reopen 5-year bond issue
The Public Debt Management Agency announced on Monday that on Tuesday it will reopen a five-year bond issue that matures on December 15, 2027, in book entry form, in order to raise an extra 750 million euros.
Some 1.3 mln Greek households to get heating allowance
The joint ministerial decision which will specify the requirements for the heating allowance whose disbursement will start a short while before Christmas and will conclude at the end of April 2023 will be issued this week.
GNTO: 2022 to become new benchmark for tourism
The president of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO), Angela Gerekou, and GNTO Secretary-General Dimitris Fragakis told last Friday’s 2022 Greek Hospitality Awards ceremony that this year will be used as a yardstick in the future for Greek tourism thanks to its record figures.
Webb telescope captures new view of ‘Pillars of Creation’
Yes, it’s full of stars, and stars to be.
Budapest for Cypriot gas utilization
Cyprus’ gas fields can be a significant part of the solution to the energy crisis in Europe, said Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto after meeting with his Cypriot counterpart, Ioannis Kasoulides, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday.
Energy fever in the Balkans
The start of the commercial operation of the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) that transports natural gas from Greece to Bulgaria was a relief for our northern neighbors.