FM meets with Brazilian counterpart Vieira in Brasilia
The strengthening of Greek-Brazilian relations was the focus of a meeting between Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias with his Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira in Brasilia on Monday.
ATHEX: Benchmark stays put on freezing day
The downbeat mood in the rest of Europe and the US, and the freezing weather in Athens offered buyers a break at the Greek stock market on Monday.
Lessons from the Imia crisis
Twenty-seven years have gone by since the Imia crisis, yet it is an incident that remains deeply etched on the collective conscience. It is an open wound on the one hand and, on the other, an enduring source of conspiracy theories and prophecies of what will happen if…
SYRIZA slams gov’t ‘boasts’ over Barbara measures
Main opposition SYRIZA took issue on Monday with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over his “boast” about a very satisfactory response of the state mechanism “with two inches of snow” brought by the Barbara weather front.
Greece’s mission in Geneva to provide quake aid to Turkey and Syria via UN office
Greece’s permanent mission to the UN in Geneva announced it would provide emergency contribution to earthquake-stricken Turkey and Syria through the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the Greek Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Monday.
Tax reform to do away with ‘tekmiria’
The tax system reform will be a key part of the ruling party’s program for the next four years, aiming to abolish anachronistic methods of determining income, such as the use of assets owned (known as “tekmiria”), while activating ways to safeguard public revenues.
Hypermarkets turn into malls
Supermarket chains are constantly expanding their product range.
PM tells Erdogan Greece ready to ‘contribute even more’ to quake relief efforts
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held a telephone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
EU says over 10 search and rescue teams mobilised to Turkey after earthquake
More than 10 search and rescue teams from the EU have been mobilised in the wake of the major earthquake that has hit Turkey, a spokesperson for the European Commission told reporters on Monday.
Fresh contributions reduction
The government is planning a further reduction on social security contributions by at least 0.6 percentage points within 2023.