Athens jewelry store robbed of €200,000 worth of gems
Unknown perpetrators carried out a heist at a high-end jewelry store on in central Athens on Saturday at dawn.
Greek authorities help Europol dismantle hacking ring
Prosecuting authorities from 17 countries, coordinated by their Greek counterparts, dismantled an international hacking ring, which “unlocked” online stores and stole account details of their customers, which they then sold on the dark web.
Two difficult farewells
In what was a difficult day for Greece, 31-year-old riot police officer Giorgos Lyggeridis and 40-year-old pilot Epaminondas Kosteas were laid to rest on Friday.
Electricity rates to come down
The time to choose colored electricity tariffs has arrived and consumers will be pleasantly surprised.
Public transport to clock out early on New Year’s Eve
Public transportation in Athens will clock out earlier than usual on New Year’s Eve with most services ending by midnight, operators have said.
Diaspora makes ‘invaluable contribution,’ Mitsotakis says in New Year’s message
The government remains one of the Greek diaspora’s “steadfast supporters, honoring its invaluable contribution to the national path towards progress,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said in a New Year’s message to Greeks around the world.
Man hospitalized after shipyard accident
A 36-year-old man was hospitalized on Friday after injuring himself inside a floating tank in a work-related accident in Perama shipyards. The man had attempted to leave the tank during a power outage and, although the emergency lights had come on, he tripped and fell, injuring his right side. The port authority is investigating the…
Enel completes sale of stake in Greek subsidiary
Italy’s Enel group announced on Friday that, through its wholly owned subsidiary Enel Green Power (EGP), it has completed the sale of 50% of Enel Green Power Hellas (EGPH), wholly owned by EGP, to Macquarie Asset Management, through Macquarie Green Investment Group Renewable Energy Fund 2 (MGREF2), after the fulfillment of all conditions customary for…
DYPA policies help more than 50,000 jobless find work
Over 50,000 unemployed people benefited from the active employment policies of the Public Employment Service (DYPA) within 2023, although it is not known exactly how many of them remain in the labor market immediately after the end of the program in which they participated.
Tax checks based on sector average data
The Greek tax administration (AADE) intends to launch sweeping audits of businesses, based on the average turnover per sector and what self-employed professionals and businesses have declared on the myDATA electronic platform.