Athens lawyers announce strike for Thursday
Lawyers in Athens announced a walkout on Thursday, when Parliament is set to pass the new Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure.
The consequences of ambivalence
From the start, the government had not decided on its stance toward the farmers. It handed out some benefits while making it clear, initially, that it would not hand out any more. Then, it paid out more benefits. It then warned them not to attempt to bring their tractors to Athens. A few days later,…
Farmers to decide future of protests Thursday
Protesting farmers will decide Thursday whether to continue their rallies.
FM Gerapetritis: Greece wants to become India’s gateway to the EU
Greece hopes to become an integral part of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor and to be India’s gateway to the European Union, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said on Tuesday during his visit in New Delhi.
The day after and the alienation of conservative voters
The successful passage of the bill legalizing same-sex marriage brought relief to the government as the measure had created internal divisions and has left scars in New Democracy with one third of the party’s deputies not voting for the law in Parliament.
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Mitsotakis visiting India as Athens, Delhi ties deepen
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is paying an official visit to India on Wednesday aiming to maintain the dynamic and increasingly regular cooperation between Athens and New Delhi.
ATHEX: Minor gains extend rally of benchmark
The Greek stock market managed on Tuesday to maintain the gains its had secured on Monday and added some more for its benchmark.
Railway projects may have been left out of RRF financing
The turnover of Greek hotels in 2023 saw a large increase compared to previous years, going hand in hand with the increase in tourism and inflation.
Thousands join rally in Athens as farmers step up protest
Thousands of farmers from across Greece descended on Athens’ Syntagma Squar central square on Tuesday, parking their tractors before parliament in their biggest protest yet over rising costs and livelihoods destroyed by extreme weather. Police estimate at least 8,000 farmers with 130 tractors joined the protest, which echoes grievances in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland…