The union representing local authority workers, POE-OTA, issued an indignant statement on Wednesday, complaining that drivers of water carriers for the Municipality of Nestos in northeastern Greece who were rushing to supply water to firefighting vehicles during a blaze in Petropigi were forced to pay tolls on the Egnatia Odos highway.
On July 31, Pancreta Bank absorbed the Greek assets of global banking colossus HSBC, taking in a highly complementary business and, in effect, creating a new bank, far from its 1993 origins as a cooperative bank named Credit Development Cooperative of Heraklion.
The Athens Stock Exchange posted mild gains on low turnover Wednesday, but underperformed European markets, which bounced bank after the Italian government watered down a plan for a windfall tax on banks.
A cutting-edge technological device has been developed by a scientific team in the UK, called the “artificial pancreas,” to optimize the treatment of people with type 1 diabetes.
The Hellenic Police is on full alert in Athens, ahead of the football match between Panathinaikos and French side Marseille at the former’s home base on Alexandras avenue, for fear of incidents following the deadly clashes on Monday night in Nea Philadelphia.
Nurse and long-distance cyclist Vasiliki Voutzaki is a member of an eight-person team that embarked on an endurance challenge a few days ago with a noble goal: to cover the distance from the British Museum to the Acropolis Museum, spanning 3,500 kilometers, on bicycles, while carrying the message of the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures.
Is the trauma of displacement enduring? What is its impact – on the economy, on electoral behavior, on art – even decades later?
The United States Embassy in Athens released a report on Wednesday due to the UEFA Champions League match between Panathinaikos F.C. and French side Olympique de Marseille, particularly following the violence that took place in the match between AEK Athens and Croation team Dinamo Zagreb.
The number arrested for the lethal clashes between rival football club supporters in the Athens district of Nea Philadelphia had risen to 104 on Wednesday, according to an announcement.
A model of cooperation between Greece and Israel in the field of research and development in the defense industry, based on financial instruments and innovation structures already in place on both sides, was discussed on Monday in Tel Aviv by the two countries’ defense ministers, Nikos Dendias and Yoav Gallant.