Chocolate maker Ion to be bought out by Bespoke SGA Holdings
The buyout of one of Greece’s major chocolate and confectionery manufacturers, Ion, has been approved by the Hellenic Competition Commission (HCC).
They found two new craters on the moon and discovered a new mystery
After months of scrutinizing photographs of the lunar surface, scientists have finally found the crash site of a forgotten rocket stage that struck the far side of the moon in March. They still do not know for sure which rocket the wayward debris originated from.
ATHEX: Buyers step in to keep index afloat
A late buying spree saved the day for the benchmark at Athinon Avenue on Tuesday after a weak effort to follow the growth posted by other markets in the eurozone very nearly failed to keep the main index in the black.
Tech summit to focus on digital transition
The health crisis and the unprecedented needs it has created have led to the public administration, business and society making leaps and bounds in their use of digital technology. What are the opportunities and challenges of this digital revolution?
Bulgaria expels 70 Russian diplomatic staff over espionage concerns
Bulgaria said on Tuesday it was expelling 70 Russian diplomatic staff over espionage concerns and had set a cap on the size of Moscow’s representation as tensions between two countries that were once close allies fractured over Ukraine.
Finnish president says Turkey has agreed to back Finnish and Swedish NATO membership
Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto said on Tuesday that Turkey has agreed to support Finland and Sweden’s joint membership of NATO, on the first day of the alliance’s summit in the Spanish capital Madrid.
Essential island staff
The shortage of affordable, decent – or even any – housing for people working in the tourism sector on Greece’s islands is a well-known problem.
Death ‘according to protocol’
They are our closest relative, sharing 98.6% of our DNA. They use similar gestures to us (they hug and kiss) and have similar behavior (discipline and social structure) and emotions (sadness, joy and pain).
Ex-cop convicted over 2008 teen killing to be released
A former police officer convicted for the December 6, 2008 murder of teenager Alexis Grigoropoulos in central Athens is to be released after an appeals court in the city of Lamia accepted his clean criminal record up until the time of the shooting as a mitigating factor.
Athens buses and trolleys on strike on Wednesday
The Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA) worker’s unions declared that they are planning a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, June 29. The union will also organize a demonstration outside the OASA headquarters demanding that a tender with privately operated KTEL intercity buses is not extended.