PASOK calls in young experts to help shape party platform
More than 1,200 university graduates responded to PASOK’s invitation for young experts to help draw up the party’s policy proposals as Greece heads to elections next year.
More than 1,200 university graduates responded to PASOK’s invitation for young experts to help draw up the party’s policy proposals as Greece heads to elections next year.
Thursday’s meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) in Prague offered an opportunity for direct communication between the Greek prime minister and the Turkish president. It appears that Ankara chose not to use it.
Three new metro stations in Piraeus will be inaugurated on October 10. Named Maniatika, Piraeus and Dimotiko Theatro, the stations are expected to increase the total passenger traffic on the metro network to 132,000 citizens daily.
MPs voted to ratify the Public Revenue Code, which the government said codifies and simplifies tax laws, on Thursday. The legislation received backing from ruling New Democracy and opposition PASOK-Movement for Change MPs.
Ferry passengers intending on travelling Thursday are advised to contact the local port authorities for possible changes in itineraries after departures from the ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio were suspended due to the stormy northerly winds in many sea areas.
The latest shipwreck tragedies in Greek seas underscore the need for enhanced safe pathways, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration said in a joint statement on Thursday.
French manufacturing and minerals group Imerys announced Wednesday it was suspending indefinitely its operations at its Kamara bauxite mines in central Greece after one worker was killed and two were trapped following cave-in of a tunnel near the central entrance.
Athens’ National Museum of Contemporary Art will be the owner of the building it is housed in by the end of the year, following approval of the transfer by the building’s current owner, Attiko Metro, the builder of the Athens metro.
Four people have been arrested in an ongoing police operation to smash a criminal gang whose members are accused of attempted murder and causing dangerous bodily harm against two individuals on the island of Aegina in 2021, authorities said on Thursday.