A new cycle
The cycle of Greece’s bankruptcy is closing. This is becoming evident by banks’ recovery of their independence from the state and the restoration of market confidence in the country.
Airport-style slots system for ports in popular destinations
The Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy is proceeding with the reformation of the way in which the routes of Greek shipping are managed and mainly how this is done at the country’s ports.
ATHEX: Local index slumps below 1,400-pt mark
A day of major losses at the Greek stock market on Monday, which brought the benchmark below the 1,400-point mark.
Urgent need for workers from abroad
Money from the Recovery Fund may be lost, especially on Crete, because mainly small and medium-sized contractors have been left without staff and cannot carry out the projects they have undertaken.
All candidates get contact lists, no questions asked
The storm raised by a conservative Eurodeputy’s emailing Greeks resident abroad, who will be able to vote by mail for the first time in June’s European Parliament elections, is a reminder that lists of names, with addresses, phone numbers and emails, are in the hands of every political candidate.
A rare window of opportunity
Escapist tendencies are perfectly understandable in anyone who is involved in public life in Greece, and especially if they are in a post that entails serious responsibilities.
Greece at rock bottom in social housing
When a law abolishing the Workers’ Housing Organization was passed in 2012 as part of a package of stringent austerity measures, Greece gave up the last tool of state intervention in the real estate market. So long as the rate of homeownership remained high, the recession continued to suppress property prices […]
Athenian reflections of a Harvard dean
It was Sarah Whiting’s last morning in Athens. For the final day of this dense, week-long tour of Greece, the weather improved and the winter sun shone over Syntagma Square. From her hotel balcony she enjoyed a typical sunny Athenian panorama, with the silhouette of the Parthenon in the background. Until […]
Farmers left unsatisfied after meeting with PM, arrange follow-up
Monday’s meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and a 15-member committee of farmers from the northern region of Thessaly concluded without substantive answers regarding the timeline for compensating damages caused by last year’s floods, according to Rizos Maroudas, president of the United Federation of Agricultural Associations of Larissa.
EU members endorse diluted draft rules on rights for gig workers
Europe moved a step closer to giving so-called gig economy workers at online platforms such as Uber and Wolt greater social and labour rights on Monday, although companies said little would change under the watered-down rules.