PM: Greece attracts foreign capital
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed the importance of foreign investments for Greece on the occasion of the privatization of Igoumenitsa port at an event on Friday.
Full steam ahead for Elefsis Shipyards
The competent court has ratified the restructuring agreement and the business plan for the reorganization of Elefsis Shipyards with the investment by ONEX Elefsis Shipyards.
Historic school at the mercy of time and vandals
Signs of utter neglect haunt the disused 14th Primary School on Athens’ central Sina Street, designed by influential 20th-century Greek architect Dimitris Pikionis.
Fruitless anger and abstention
Greece’s demographic problem is not limited to the fact that deaths outnumber births.
Kasidiaris granted five days’ leave from prison
Ilias Kasidiaris, the jailed former deputy leader of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn group, has been granted five days’ leave from prison. It is the first period leave granted to Kasidiaris, 42, since he was sentenced three years ago to 13 years and six months’ imprisonment for directing a criminal organization.
Archons condemn Israeli air strike on Gaza church
The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate have joined the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in condemning the Israeli airstrike that struck the compound of Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza City.
Court jails two prison officers for selling cellphones to inmates
A criminal appeals court in Thessaloniki has jailed two prison officers for selling cellphones to inmates. A 60-year-old warden received a nine-year two month sentence while his accomplice, aged 38, received an eight-year eight-month term.
IOBE anticipates Greek growth at 2.4%
The Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) sees gross domestic product growing by 2.4% next year.
Syrian to face charges for disrupting religious service
A Syrian national is facing misdemeanor charges after he was arrested for creating a disturbance in the Church of Agios Panteleimonas, in the center of Athens, on Thursday evening.
Police bomb disposal called after grenades spotted on Mt Parnitha
Police bomb disposal experts have rushed to Mount Parnitha, in northern Athens, after a walker spotted hand grenades on a path. According to state broadcaster ERT, the cache comprises four grenades. The area has been sealed off.