Low temperatures, frost, heavy snowfall even in lowland areas of eastern Greece, as well as force 8-9 northerly winds in sea areas, are the main characteristics of the Barbara weather front that is expected to hit Greece from Sunday, according to an updated emergency weather bulletin from the National Weather Service.
Farmers will now be forewarned of impending frost via a new app funded and designed by the Ministry of Rural Development and Food in cooperation with National Meteorological Service.
Hospitality employers are asking for the importing of at least 80,000 workers from third countries, such as Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Balkans, with the aim of filling vacant positions.
Far-right extremist activity has been curtailed following the arrests of members of Combat 18 and the Non-Aligned Maeandrist Nationalists (AME), and the conviction of Golden Dawn’s leadership, according to a classified report prepared by Greece’s anti-terrorism service.
An 18-year-old was charged with dangerous bodily harm, illegal carrying and use of weapons after he injured a 17-year-old student with a sharp object during a fight in a school in northern Greece on Friday.
The rise of the European Central Bank benchmark interest rate, which has pushed the Euribor up 2.5% in the last seven months, entails a considerable increase in the monthly installment for a 100,000-euro mortgage loan – from €160 to €240, depending on the duration of the loan and the margin applied by each bank.
An outdoor double exhibition commemorating the victims of the Holocaust through art work and family photographs opened on central Vasilissis Olgas Avenue in Athens on Friday.
The Smart Attica European Digital Innovation Hub (Smart Attica EDIH) began operation in Greece recently to support small and medium-sized enterprises and public sector agencies in their digital transformation.
Attica Bank on Thursday announced that Rinoa Ltd – Ellington Solutions SA was withdrawing from its investment in the bank, based on an agreement reached on September 30, 2022.
Finance Minister Christos Staikouras spoke on Friday of the better-than-predicted course of revenues in 2022, and once again left open the possibility for additional fiscal space and new support measures.