Woman (55) who claimed to be tax official jailed for six years
A 55-year-old woman who defrauded people of up to €184,000 by claiming she was a senior tax official has been sentenced to six year’s imprisonment by a Thessaloniki court.
Commission wishes to assist Greece in railway investigation and development
The European Commission wishes to assist the Greek authorities in the official investigation into the causes of the Tempe railway disaster and in coming up with a railways framework that will be safer and more attractive to citizens, a government minister has said.
How likely is a Lehman-like crisis?
Do the almost simultaneous bank crises on the opposite sides of the Atlantic imply a disaster like the Lehman Brothers collapse? Let’s start from the United States. Banking crises start suddenly but they typically have long-term causes.
Gov’t intends to toughen penalties for railway cable theft
The theft of materials from transport networks, especially the railway, will once again be deemed a criminal offence, the justice minister has said.
Greece among 7 out of 30 allies to meet NATO spending target in 2022
Seven out of 30 allies met NATO’s military spending target of 2% of GDP in 2022, one country less than in 2021 before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the alliance’s chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday, urging allies to boost defense investment more quickly.
HRADF: Signing of the share purchase agreement for the acquisition of a majority stake in the share capital of the Igoumenitsa Port Authority S.A.
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Government, SYRIZA cross swords over train systems
The telecommand system of the railway network at Larissa station in northern Greece was the focus, to a large extent, of the confrontation between ruling New Democracy and main opposition SYRIZA in Monday’s marathon session of Parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee. The meeting was held in the wake of the February 28 train disaster and…
Paris 2024 plans Olympic Games relay changes, fewer torches, source says
Paris 2024 Olympic torchbearers may not all get to keep their torches as a cherished memento of the Games because organisers plan to cut down on the number made in the name of sustainability, a source told Reuters.
Some 77 percent of Greeks get their news from social media, professor says
About 77 percent of the Greek public learn the news from social media, while there is a trend for most people to put emphasis on information originating from TikTok and Facebook, Alternate Professor of International Journalism at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Nikos Panagiotou, told a conference on Monday.
Vendetta feared in Xanthi after murder, burning of houses
Greek authorities on Tuesday feared that the murder of a man in a village of Xanthi, northern Greece, could spark a vendetta between two families, after two houses belonging to the alleged perpetrator and his brother were set on fire on Monday night.