Elementary school PE instructor arrested for sexual harassment
A 30-year-old man working as a physical education instructor at an elementary school in Aspropyrgos, western Attica, has been arrested for sexual harassment.
A strategic hub, but also part of humanitarian plans
Greece’s geographic location and mature foreign policy have allowed the country to develop into a crucial military and energy hub.
BoG chief calls for a re-examination of tax exemptions
The governor of the Bank of Greece, Yannis Stournaras, called on the Finance Ministry leadership on Tuesday to re-examine all tax exemptions, stressing that “the country needs revenue.”
Who can dispute the tax on the self-employed
Only in cases where someone is hospitalized, unemployed, studying or imprisoned will the presumptive income announced by the government be contested.
Police arrest 22-year-old Palestinian over flag raising
The Greek police on Tuesday said it had identified and arrested a 22-year-old Palestinian for raising his country’s flag onto a light post at downtown Athens’ Syntagma Square.
Use of AI worries those who create covers for books
The first time Michael Whelan was warned that robots were coming for his job was in the 1980s.
Unpublished Nana Mouskouri gems in one double album
Minos EMI/Universal is releasing a double CD album in 249 countries of previously unpublished Greek songs recorded by the legendary Nana Mouskouri from the mid-1950s and the early 1960s at the National Radio Foundation.
Crackdown on businesses finds 33 mln euros in hidden revenues
Ramped-up inspections on businesses across the country are bringing results at the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE), which issued a progress report on Tuesday outlining its performance from the start of the year until October 31.
The profound crisis inside the US
“What is the greatest threat to the USA today?” a veteran American diplomat was recently asked at an international forum. Everyone expected him to say China, possibly Iran and the destabilization of the Middle East, perhaps even Russia.
More controversy looming over metro extension’s invasion of Athens parks
As tension between residents and the contractors building the extension of the capital’s metro system mounts over the removal of dozens of trees in the downtown Athens district of Exarchia, another source of friction is developing in nearby Pangrati.