Ministry vs electricity hikes
The government is trying to ease the huge burden on households and businesses from the increases in natural gas and electricity rates by introducing horizontal measures.
Greece and Cyprus EU laggards in climate measure investment
Companies in Western and Northern Europe are leading the way in investment in climate measures and are steadily gaining momentum, according to the latest EIB Investment Survey (EIBIS).
Joint Greece-Jordan Committee convenes Wednesday
The Joint Greece-Jordan Committee for Economic, Cultural and Technical Cooperation, chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openness Kostas Fragogiannis and the Kingdom of Jordan’s Secretary-General for Trade, Industry and Supplies Dana Al-Zoubi, will convene on Wednesday in Athens.
Jobless rise in June from May in Cyprus
The number of registered unemployed in Cyprus at the end of June 2022 decreased by 53.8% compared to June 2021, based on actual data kept at the Provincial Labor Offices, falling to 12,332 individuals.
BA canceling more summer flights
British Airways is canceling more flights scheduled for the summer holiday season, it said on Tuesday, at a time of widespread disruption at airports caused by staff shortages and a surge in travel demand.
‘Get the stretcher!’ Life and death on Ukraine’s front line
Between the cracks of mortar fire and the metallic bangs of Russian self-detonating mines, Yurii, a Ukrainian army medic, readied an intravenous line for the soldier sprawled on the stretcher below him.
Washington’s Stockholm syndrome
Over the past five years, US-Turkey relations have featured a consistent attempt at “hostage diplomacy” by Ankara.
EU urges North Macedonia to back proposed deal with Bulgaria
European Council President Charles Michel urged North Macedonia on Tuesday to back a French-proposed compromise on ending a dispute with neighboring Bulgaria that’s blocking the country’s long-delayed European Union accession bid.
Shell games and justice
From the moment the Novartis story broke it was clear that it was a scandal. It wasn’t just the accusations that doctors had been bribed by the multinational pharmaceutical company that shook Greece – it was the political angle of the story that did it.
Dendias: International community experiencing revival of revisionism
The international community used to treat Turkey’s revisionism in the Eastern Mediterranean as a regional issue, however, corresponding practices now have a global dimension, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Tuesday at the 26th Annual Economist Government Roundtable that is being held in Athens on July 5-7.