PM announces 13pct reduction in ENFIA dues
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday announced a 13 percent reduction in the Single Property Tax (ENFIA).
US, Turkish presidential advisers discuss ‘Russian aggression’ in Ukraine
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Ibrahim Kalin, chief adviser to the president of Turkey, spoke on Tuesday and discussed their commitment to “deter further Russian aggression against Ukraine,” the White House said in a statement.
Thessaloniki in grip of hooligan violence
The scourge of sports fan violence in the northern port city of Thessaloniki came to the fore again on Tuesday with the murder at dawn of a 19-year-old man in the eastern district of Harilaou.
Dendias: Greece ready to respond to any security challenge
Greece is committed to international law but at the same time remains ready to respond to any challenge to its national security, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said during a meeting with representatives of the country’s parliamentary parties on Tuesday.
Blinken: US committed to deepening cooperation with Cyprus
US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides Tuesday in Washington, DC.
Torch begins Covid-shortened trek past Beijing landmarks
Beijing’s Covid-shortened Olympic torch relay began on Wednesday with basketball great Yao Ming and a Chinese soldier wounded in a bloody 2020 border clash with India among the first to carry the symbolic flame on a journey that will last just three days.
Healthcare workers take to the streets
Healthcare workers marched in central Athens on Tuesday to protest against the government’s vaccine mandates. The protest caused major traffic disruption.
Bomb hoax in Thessaloniki
Police were placed on alert Tuesday and stores were evacuated as the central area of Aristotelous Square in the northern port city of Thessaloniki was cordoned off by law enforcement officers after a bomb threat was called in.
More EFKA services online
The Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) aims to leave its adolescence behind this year and grow into a mature fund with full online services. Its management aspires to automate the issue of pensions and ensure that a series of important services can be conducted electronically, following the huge progress recorded over the last couple of…
First batches of Novavax to arrive this month
Greece plans to start administering the Novavax protein vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in early March, General Secretary of Primary Healthcare Marios Themistokleous said Tuesday.