Social security fund staff to strike on Tuesday
Employees at the country’s biggest social security fund, EFKA, will be walking off the job on Tuesday in protest at what they say is an attempt by the government to privatize the sector.
Skirmishes between protestors and police break out at Tempe demonstrations in Athens and Thessaloniki
Skirmishes between protestors and riot police broke out in Athens and Thessaloniki on Sunday. Over 12,000 people gathered in Syntagma Square on Sunday afternoon to demonstrate over the deadly rail collision in Tempe, releasing black balloons to mark the 57 deaths. However, almost an hour later an unidentified group clashed with officers on the scene…
PM issues apology over rail collision in weekly statement
“Let me begin with the self-evident. As prime minister I owe everyone, but above all to the relatives of the victims, a huge apology, both personally and in the name of all who governed the country over the years. Because, truly, it cannot be that in Greece in 2023, two trains were moving in opposite…
Unjustified delays in signaling system
Internal correspondence of ERGOSE, the projects branch of the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE), revealed by Kathimerini shows unjustified delays in the implementation of Contract 717 for the automatic operation and signaling of the railway network.
Fine waived for many late tax declarations
The government has decided to abolish the fine for the late submission of a tax return as long as the tax due does not exceed 100 euros, Kathimerini understands.
Greece auctioning 625 million euros in T-bill on Wednesday
Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency announced on Friday that it is planning to auction 52-week treasury bills, in book entry form, to the amount of 625 million euros.
Scope Ratings retains Greece unchanged
Scope Ratings said in its scheduled report late on Friday that it has affirmed Greece’s credit rating at BB+, thereby maintaining it one level below investment grade.
Over 6,000 cruises on a single platform
Travelway and Cruiseway, parts of the same group specializing in shore excursions, turnaround services, land tours, and cruise sales for ocean and river cruising, are setting sail for their sixth participation at Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum.
They sneaked into a derelict arms plant: Instagrammers or spies?
The three espionage suspects — two Russians and one Ukrainian — were hardly discreet. They arrived at the derelict Albanian weapons factory in a bright orange Chevrolet Camaro in broad daylight.
Tax incentives to reverse brain drain
The Greek brain drain, that is the mass emigration of highly trained professionals, was intense and kept deteriorating year after year during the country’s economic crisis. Hundreds of thousands of young people left the country and their families in search of a well-paid job with development prospects and a working environment commensurate with their qualifications.…