Handouts for more retirees
The government has definitively decided to offer a handout to at least 140,000 pensioners who did not receive an increase or any other additional benefit recently.
How earthquakes test our souls and our governments
In every life, there are a few indelible dates: the birth of a child, the death of a parent, a national tragedy such as 9/11.
Second Greek disaster management team departs for Hatay
A second Greek special disaster management team (EMAK) departed Thessaloniki for the earthquake-stricken Turkish city of Hatay shortly before 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
ATHEX: Biggest daily advance in four months
Thursday’s announcement of the MSCI index restructuring and rumors from abroad about certain funds shifting from the Istanbul bourse to the Athens Stock Exchange came on top of anticipation of new mergers and acquisitions in the local market on Wednesday, further boosting the Greek benchmark.
Greece’s allies in fight for Parthenon Marbles
“We learn to pick our fights in multilateral diplomacy, and [the return of the Parthenon Sculptures] was worth fighting for,” sums up one of Greece’s unexpected allies. Egyptian diplomat Maged Mosleh is speaking for the first time about the battle fought – and won – by Greece at the UNESCO Intergovernmental
Reactionary forces
Reactions to the government’s decision to switch to remote learning, an understandably emergency measure, for the duration of the snowstorm that hit Greece are indicative of a more profound trend.
Turkey earthquake and elections
Famines, earthquakes and all other calamities can save or destroy political careers.
KYSEA meeting chaired by PM discusses progress in implementing arms programmes
The progress in implementing Greece’s arms programs was the main focus of the National Council on National Security (KYSEA), which met at the Maximos Mansion on Wednesday, chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Realty rate hikes up for review
Nearly half of the country’s municipalities (44%) are calling for a reduction in the property rates used for tax purposes (known as “objective values”) or even a return to 2018 levels.
Actor found guilty of two charges of attempted rape, innocent of rape
The court announced its verdict in the trial of well-known actor Petros Filippidis on Wednesday. Specifically, he was found unanimously innocent on the charge of serial rape but was found unanimously guilty of two charges of attempted rape.