Beijing fined a Chinese comedy studio around $2 million Wednesday for a joke that compared China’s military to stray dogs, a reminder of the ever-narrowing confines of expression under the country’s leader, Xi Jinping.
Copelouzos Group, through its subsidiary companies Damco Energy and Elica Mediterranean Interconnection, and Infinity Power, a joint venture between Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company) and Egypt’s Infinity, have signed a memorandum of understanding in order to access, on a non-exclusive basis, the possibility of jointly developing renewable energy projects that will provide the GREGY…
Almost two weeks after the zeroing of the tax rate on seven products (bread, eggs, milk, baby diapers, baby food, feminine hygiene products, and adult diapers) in Cyprus, the island’s ministries of Finance and of Commerce are in discussions regarding the next list of products that will have a low or reduced tax rate.
Car sales grew 1.9% in April, totaling 18,343 (new and used) from 17,994 in April 2002, the Hellenic Statistical Authority said.
Criminal charges have been brought against 59-year-old Greek businessman Nikolaos Bogonikolos, whom the US authorities accuse of conspiracy/fraud and smuggling.
The Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE) and Telecom Egypt are examining new international telecommunications infrastructure projects that will increase interconnectivity between Greece and Egypt.
The dynamic growth of Greek tourism, driven in recent years by luxury resorts and five-star city hotels, is now spreading to smaller hotel units as well.
From the depths of the financial crisis last decade, Greece’s economy is now one of the fastest-growing ones in Europe’s common-currency zone.
Wednesday’s narrow session at the Athens stock market saw the benchmark come off Tuesday’s 104-month high and after negligible fluctuation it closed with a small drop, though the losing stocks outnumbered those that notched up gains.
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias reiterated on Wednesday that the newly elected ethnic Greek mayor of Himare in Albania, Fredi Beleris, must be released and that he does not understand the continuation of his detention.