Group calls for halt on new hotels in Acropolis area
The Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage (ELLET) is calling for a halt to the creation of new hotels in the Makrigianni-Koukaki area of central Athens near the Acropolis.
Last chance to use the depleted gas field at Prinos?
The government is examining a plan for the return to the state of the depleted Prinos gas field south of Kavala.
Fighting the stigma of mental illness
Up close, Glenn Close exudes on the one hand the stately air of a big screen star and on the other that unique simplicity that characterizes most of her American colleagues.
ATHEX: Stocks head higher on low turnover
The lowest daily turnover of the last six weeks did not prevent the benchmark of the Greek stock market from rising to yet another nine-year high on Tuesday, even without the support of bank stocks.
Criteria for settling debts
The tax authorities are right to help those who find it difficult to meet their obligations. But before allowing them to enter a debt repayment scheme, they must first assess those debtors.
Athens Airport sees passenger traffic soar 20% in June
Passenger traffic at Athens International Airport grew 19.8% in June compared with the same month last year, totaling 2.92 million.
Bishops do not take a religious oath
A quarter of a century ago, in June 1998, the sixth section of the Council of State was examining a seemingly paradoxical case: The Theological School of the University of Athens was refusing to award a degree to one of its graduates because he refused to take the established religious oath. The graduate, who probably…
Focusing on payment plans
The new leadership of the Economy and Finance Ministry, as well as the tax administration, are particularly concerned about insufficient interest debtors show in rejoining the old arrangements of 72 and 120 installments for dues to the state.
The last bluff
Brussels, Friday, June 26, 2015, shortly before 9 o’clock in the morning. Then-Premier Alexis Tsipras announces to his stunned colleagues something that none of them could have imagined until that moment: a referendum.
Mitsotakis vows to repay bailout loans early
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged to repay some of Greece’s bailout loans ahead of schedule. In an interview with Bloomberg, he said he was keen to a make a “commitment to investors” at the start of his second term in office.