Police make arrests in criminal passport racket
Police in Athens have dismantled a gang accused of selling genuine Greek passports to third-country nationals so they could travel to other parts of the European Union.
Mortgage subsidy applications reach 14,000 in 10 days
Applications from vulnerable households for having banks subsidize the installments of their loan secured against their first home have so far reached 14,000 in just 10 days.
Two women survive for days in earthquake rubble as death toll tops 24,150
Rescuers in Turkey pulled two women alive from the rubble of collapsed buildings after they were been trapped for 122 hours following the region’s deadliest quake in two decades, authorities said on Saturday.
Athens municipality opposes plan to relocate ministries
The Municipality of Athens has expressed its opposition to the plan to transfer the services of nine ministries and 14,000 civil servants from the city center to the Pyrkal site in Ymittos, where the government envisages the creation of a new green area.
Turkey’s earthquake through the eyes of an award-winning AP photojournalist
Associated Press photojournalit Petros Giannakouris tells Kathimerini about the realities on the ground in earthquake-stricken southern Turkey
Motor Oil shares to join MSCI Standard Greece index
Motor Oil’s shares will be included in the MSCI Standard Greece index, MSCI said in an announcement after a revision of its indexes.
More targeted labor inspections this year
The business plan of the independent labor inspection authority that has replaced SEPE provides for more inspections in sectors where the digital labor card applies, such as banks and large supermarkets, but also in those where the measure is expected to be extended, starting with insurance and security companies.
Momentum building for another bumper season for Greek tourism
Advance tourism bookings for the 2023 season were 20% higher in January than in the same month in 2022, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Friday on public broadcaster ERT, estimating that “the extension of the tourism season is a great success as it brings new income to the economy in periods that were traditionally…
American College of Greece heading to US
On the occasion of its annual trustees’ meeting, The American College of Greece (ACG) is organizing a public discussion on “Education as a Pillar of Growth and US-Greece Cooperation” on March 2, 2023 in Washington, DC.
Nicosia nod for digital business plan
The outgoing cabinet of Cyprus approved this week the grant scheme for the digital upgrading of enterprises.