Turkey’s parliament has removed Coca Cola and Nestle products from its restaurants over their alleged support for Israel amid the conflict in Gaza, according to a parliament statement and a source who named the two companies.
Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis took a swipe at the newly elected mayor of Athens, opposition PASOK-backed Haris Doukas, on Tuesday over his stance towards a dispute concerning a public park in the downtown Athens district of Exarchia, where residents are protesting the removal of trees by the contractor building the capital’s metro extension.
Naz El-Khatib, the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy at the US International Development Finance Corporation, or the DFC, joins Thanos Davelis to look into this week’s agreement for a $125 million loan to ONEX Elefsis Shipyards and Industries to rehabilitate and modernize the Elefsina shipyard near Athens and highlight the DFC’s work in the…
After coming under fire over the removal of dozens of trees from a public square in downtown Athens to make way for a new station, subway operator Elliniko Metro on Tuesday vowed to bring the greenery back.
Power grid operator HEDNO has secured a €150 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to install 3.12 million smart meters, the first stage of a plan to upgrade Greece’s distribution network, HEDNO and the EIB said on Tuesday.
The United States is looking forward to the “continuation of the strong partnership with Greece” in energy cooperation, Geoffrey Pyatt, Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources and former ambassador to Greece, has said.
A 30-year-old man working as a physical education instructor at an elementary school in Aspropyrgos, western Attica, has been arrested for sexual harassment.
Greece’s geographic location and mature foreign policy have allowed the country to develop into a crucial military and energy hub.
The governor of the Bank of Greece, Yannis Stournaras, called on the Finance Ministry leadership on Tuesday to re-examine all tax exemptions, stressing that “the country needs revenue.”
Only in cases where someone is hospitalized, unemployed, studying or imprisoned will the presumptive income announced by the government be contested.