Bill on beach exploitation unveiled
The Finance Ministry’s much anticipated draft law on beaches and their commercial exploitation was put to public consultation on Friday.
Ministry buys venue turned from factory to Athens Festival landmark
The Culture Ministry has completed its acquisition from the National Bank of an iconic cultural venue at a former industrial complex on Pireos Street near central Athens.
Turkish police rescue hostages held at gunpoint for hours in Procter & Gamble plant in Gaza protest
Police have rescued seven hostages held at gunpoint for hours at a factory owned by US company Procter & Gamble in northwest Turkey, local officials said early Friday.
Five takeaways from the Sotheby’s art fraud trial
Over the course of three weeks, the art world watched as a Russian oligarch pursued a lawsuit in an American court in which he accused Sotheby’s of abetting a fraud.
Nicosia ups minimum salary to €1,000
Cyprus’ Ministry of Labor and Social Insurance has announced a significant rise in the national minimum salary.
Armed man takes P&G factory staff hostage in Turkey
An armed man took staff hostage at a Procter & Gamble factory in northwestern Turkey on Thursday in an apparent protest against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, the Demiroren News Agency reported.
ATHEX: Index hits highest level since 2011
The performance of the Greek stock market has got everyone reaching for their record books.
Curtis Lundy Quartet ft. Craig Handy | Athens | February 9-12
Double bassist, composer and orchestrator Curtis Lundy is set to grace the Half Note Jazz Club (halfnote.gr) with his quartet for four nights, from February 9 to 12.
Retailers see positive shift in festive purchase picks
Greek consumers proved active during the festive period, the sector’s most important, with a preference for sports as well as more festive items, market insiders note.
Ancient relics repatriated from Switzerland
Two antiquity fragments that were taken out of Greece illegally were repatriated from the Swiss capital on January 23, the Culture Ministry said on Thursday.