Soaring August exports point to a record year
Greek exports jumped 70.4% in August, moving toward a new record for the year, the Panhellenic Exporters Federation said on Friday.
Migrants seen as key to solving labor shortages
Greece must to review its migration policy to address labor shortages and demographic shifts like low birth rates and a rapidly aging population that threaten long-term growth, government officials tell Kathimerini.
Crete man arrested and fine for using shock collar on dog
Police in Crete have arrested a 67-year-old man and slapped him with a fine of 15,600 euros for torturing his dog with an electric shock collar and other violations.
Putin’s step toward the abyss
After weeks of failures – the successful Ukrainian counteroffensive in Eastern Ukraine, being snubbed by Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi as well as increasing discontent inside Russia – Vladimir Putin tried to retake the initiative in his war of aggression by imposing a “partial mobilization” and improvised referenda in the regions occupied by Russia.
King Charles III and Greece
King Charles III is the great-grandson of King George I of Greece, the first monarch of the Glucksburg House of Greece.
Magnitude 5.0 tremor strikes central Greece; no damage reported
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit central Greece early Sunday, but there were no early reports of damage or casualties.
Reforming schools
Education must be a continuing process – always open to progress, always receptive to evaluation. For the Greek educational system, this continuous measurement of performance is considered an innovation.
Supreme Court prosecutor seeks probe of acquittals in Siemens case
Supreme Court prosecutor Isidoros Dogiakos has called for a probe into the circumstances that led to the acquittal last week of all 20 defendants in the Siemens cash-for-contracts scandal which first surfaced in the late 1990s.
Boost to Energy Transition Fund’s takings
The government intends to boost the Energy Transition Fund’s revenues to finance electricity bill subsidies households and businesses via a new intervention in the retail electricity market to recover windfall revenues from electricity suppliers, tax refineries and the Public Gas Corporation (DEPA).
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