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Police make arrests after Athens shooting
Police in a northern Athen suburb have made three arrests after a man approached three people and sot one of them five times in the legs.
Spectacular progress
Data on this year’s fire season show that when authorities make proper use of all available technical means, they can achieve spectacular progress.
Purchasing power of lower incomes takes a big hit
A study by the Labor Institute of the General Confederation of Greek Labor (INE GSEE) has confirmed that the collapse of the purchasing power of households, especially those living close to the poverty line, was caused by the rising course of inflation, which is now the most important source of instability in the Greek economy.
ATHEX: Benchmark closes at 10-week high
The Greek bourse capped another week of growth with a remarkable Friday session that saw the benchmark grow by more than 2% on the day to climb close to 880 points.
Forever ‘tidying up’ the chaos
Whenever the subject of “tidying up” the problem of illegal buildings arises, we confront some of the constituent elements of Greece’s troubles: haphazard legislation, the incompetence of control mechanisms, and society’s tolerance-complicity encourage the violation of laws, principles and common sense, as when people build in gullies prone to flash floods, in forests and on…
Residents on Ionian Islands and Epirus warned about approaching storm
An emergency 112 alert has been issued to residents of the northern Ionian Islands and Epirus, warning them of dangerous weather conditions from early Saturday morning and calling on them to avoid unnecessary travel.
Boy (14) to appear before prosecutor over shooting dead of brother (17)
A 14-year-old boy is expected to appear before a prosecutor after confessing to shooting his older brother dead. The body of the older brother, who was 17, was found on Thursday in Mandra, in Western Attica.
Gov’t urged to dig harder on phone surveillance scandal
European parliamentary committee rapporteur Sophie in ’t Veld said while no definite proof emerged as to who installed and used Predator spyware on the Greek victims’ phones, and why, “everything is pointing in the direction of people in government circles.”
ECB’s top brass keep focus on fighting inflation
Greek central bank governor Yannis Stournaras said he would have preferred smaller rate hikes and any move to unwind the ECB’s 3.3 trillion euros bond-buying program should be “cautious and gradual”.