Electricity prices are spiking
Even with a slight drop Monday, Greece’s wholesale electricity market remained the most expensive in the European Union.
Last chance to file income tax statements
Thursday, August 31, at 3 p.m., is the final deadline to file tax returns.
Preventable deaths from smoking still high in Greece
Greece could have prevented almost 170,000 deaths between 2000 and 2019 if it had followed Sweden’s example in combating smoking, according to the findings of the report Saving Lives Like Sweden, signed by leading experts in smoking harm reduction from around the world.
Shipping traffic at record levels
Passenger shipping traffic in July and the first three weeks of August rose 10% compared to the same period in 2022. Last year, traffic had already recovered to pre-pandemic levels, rising 36% from 2021; this year, it is expected to hit an all-time record of probably over 18 million passengers, compared to 17.5 million last…
Platform for Athens land registry
People wishing to make a transaction with the Athens Land Registry will now have to use a platform introduced by the Digital Policy Ministry in order to issue a priority number.
Mendoni: British Museum lost argument that Parthenon Sculptures safer in London
Recent events at the British Museum have completely undermined the argument that the Parthenon Sculptures are more secure in London than they would be in the Acropolis Museum, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni has said.
The arrest of Beleri ‘has nothing to do with me’
Last Monday morning, I received a message from an unknown Albanian number that criticized a report I had written in last Sunday’s Kathimerini on the imprisonment of Fredi Beleri, the ethnic Greek mayor-elect of the city of Himare in southern Albania, in which the Albanian prime minister is accused of involvement […]
44 new forest fires in last 24 hours
Firefighters were faced with 44 new forest fires in the last 24 hours, bringing to 87 the total number of wildfires throughout the country.
Arson suspect remanded after testifying
A 45-year-old man accused of deliberate arson near Avlonas, in northern Attica, has been remanded in prison after he testified before an investigating magistrate.
Cyprus: 21 arrests following anti-immigrant violence
Cyprus police arrested 21 people after violent clashes involving immigrants and residents of a community in the west of the island which has a large population of asylum-seekers.