Rates boost local holiday pads
The sharp and large increase in the European Central Bank interest rates is developing into a strategic advantage for the Greek holiday home market.
Athens’ festive season store opening hours announced
The proposed opening hours of stores in Athens for the 2023 Christmas holidays were announced this week by the Trade Association of Athens.
Kasselakis: the MPs that left SYRIZA put their own ambition over society
SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis addressed the first assembly of his party’s parliamentary group on Thursday after the recent departure of eleven MPs, held at Parliament’s Senate Hall.
Greek Pioneers in Medicine | Athens | December 14
A presentation of “Greek Pioneers in Medical and Biomedical Sciences, 1821-2021” (2023), which was published recently in Greek and English, will take place on December 14 at The Demos Center (17 Ipitou, Plaka).
Joint solution on migration needed
Berlin appreciates Greece’s efforts to contain migrant flows into the European Union but it is also hoping to discuss ways of reducing secondary migration to Germany, the country’s new ambassador to Greece, Andreas Kindl, tells Kathimerini in his first interview from his new post in Athens.
Greece lags behind other countries in HIV diagnosis
Greece ranks among the worst performing countries in terms of time taken to diagnose HIV patients (2.9 years on average), along with Italy, Spain, Portugal, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Slovenia, according to data from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
The new tax legislation and Poul Thomsen
The changes to the taxation of the self-employed and freelancers proposed by the Finance Ministry brought to mind a discussion I had in 2012 in Washington with Poul Thomsen, the then head of the International Monetary Fund’s mission for Greece and later the Fund’s director for Europe.
Notaries on strike until December 11
In their latest clash with the Digital Governance Ministry, notaries have decided to strike until December 11, saying that the digital platform for property transfers that will be created will not also be under the responsibility of the Justice Ministry.
Police arrest 282 persons in one day
More than 250 individuals were arrested across Greece on Wednesday by the police.
PM Mitsotakis attending event marking Google’s 15 years in Greece
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke of Artificial Intelligence applications to the public sphere in the event celebrating the 15th anniversary of Google’s presence in Greece on Thursday, in a fireside chat alongside Engineering & Research Vice President at Google Yossi Matias.