US firms buying Greek startups
American technology giants are increasingly absorbing Greek startups, mainly because of the technology but also for the talent that accompanies their small teams, through “acquihiring.”
British woman (61) receives suspended sentence for air rage incident
A Thessaloniki court has sentenced a British woman, whose aggressive drunken behavior caused the plane she was flying on make an emergency landing in the city on Sunday, to 17 months’ imprisonment, suspended for three years.
Three arrests in drug trafficking investigation at Piraeus container terminal
Police in Athens have dismantled what they believe to be drug trafficking ring that imported large quantities of cocaine from South America to Piraeus. Three Greek women were arrested and 60 kilograms of cocaine were seized as part of a month-long operation.
Demographic decline is ‘existential bet for our future,’ says Mitsotakis
Greece’s demographic decline is an “existential bet for our future” that “must not become the status quo,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has told a conference on the population situation in the country.
Hopes crisis won’t spread
After the shock of human life losses in Israel, the question is whether there is also a risk of a shock in the global economy.
Crisis prompts Mitsotakis, Erdogan call
Against the backdrop of the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talked on the telephone on Monday to discuss regional stability and security, moving beyond purely Greek-Turkish issues.
24 municipalities ordered to clean out Kifissos river due to flood risk
Twenty-four municipalities in Attica through which the Kifissos river and two of its tributaries, the Podoniftis and Eschatia, flow have been ordered to proceed immediately in cleaning out the waterways in view of the risk of flooding.
Weather warning issued for Tuesday
The National Meteorological Service (EMY) has issued an emergency bulletin warning of heavy rain and storms in various parts of the country that will last from noon until tonight, with the west and north of the country mainly affected.
SYRIZA on the brink of civil war
With SYRIZA riveted by internal turmoil, triggered by repeated electoral losses and the assumption of its leadership by “outsider” Stefanos Kasselakis, a representative of the “Umbrella” faction, which represents the left-wing opposition within the party, has told Kathimerini that “it is finished.”
Tax men shut beach bar for 4 days after ‘panic button’ found
A well-known beach bar has been ordered to close for four days after it was found to be operating software designed to trick tax inspectors. Officials from the Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE) found that the business, located in Kavouri, Vouliagmeni, in southwest Athens, was using a so-called “panic button.”