A long to-do list for Thessaloniki
Starting last Sunday night, the Municipality of Thessaloniki experienced a change in leadership, marking the beginning of a new chapter for the northern port city.
US-China ties are improving. It won’t last
Over the past few weeks, US and Chinese officials have proven more willing to talk. That’s good news for both countries and for the global economy.
Upgrade is ‘official seal’ of economic recovery, says Mitsotakis
Greece’s upgrade to investment level by S&P Global is “another official seal of the recovery of the Greek economy,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said.
Internal report into soccer match policing finds ‘errors and omissions’
An internal police investigation into the policing of a soccer match in August in which a Greek fan was fatally stabbed in a clash between rival fans in August has found that six officers made a series of errors and omissions in relation to the incident.
Street cameras back in equation
Τhe use of street cameras to combat crime and traffic violations was tabled at Friday’s meeting between the minister of citizen protection and the privacy watchdog.
Official unemployment drops 5.9% in September
Registered unemployment totaled 836,713 people in September, a decrease of 52,752 (-5.9%) compared with the same month last year and a decline of 60,830 (-6.8%) from August 2023.
Current account surplus grows further in August
Greece’s current account surplus increased year-on-year in August, mainly thanks to an improvement in the balance of services and, to a lesser extent, in the balance of goods and the secondary income account, while the primary income account deteriorated, the Bank of Greece said in a report on Friday.
Tourism hits 8-month record
The expansion of the tourism season in Greece in September and October – and, according to the available data, also in November and December – is giving a very important boost to employment and the economy in general.
Minister defends provenance of higher revenues
Deputy Economy and Finance Minister Haris Theocharis dismissed the opposition’s claims that the rise in revenues is attributed to indirect taxes as a “big myth,” during the discussion of the draft law of the state budget for 2024,
IRIS to facilitate transactions
The Greek IRIS direct payment system is now mandatory for the acceptance of payments in our country by freelancers and the self-employed.