“Hello, Mr Roussopoulos. Congratulations!” said a customer from another table at the taverna in Ilioupoli, where Kathimerini met on Tuesday with the first Greek politician to be unanimously elected the 35th president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
The Finance Ministry is planning for the reduction of the withholding rate for those who have debts to the state and collect money or proceed with the sale of real estate.
Greek banks eye dividends on a par with the European average in the coming years.
A group of counterfeiters which had been producing 100-euro bills was busted in a joint police operation involving Europol and police forces in four countries, including Greece. The criminal group consisted of at least 18 people and their 100-euro bills were hand-made, as opposed to printed, using special ink and watermarks, which made them invisible…
The Athens Concert Hall (68 Vasilisis Sofias) presents the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in an enchanting evening of classical music, blending French and Russian masterpieces by renowned composers. The orchestra, including French piano virtuoso Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang, is led by Finnish conductor Mikko Franck. Tickets range from 12 to 65…
The European Union must act fast to prevent the deindustrialization of Europe, the president of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, Dimitris Papalexopoulos, warns in an interview with Kathimerini.
Is Greece’s transition to democracy, a historical process known as the “Metapolitefsi,” complete? What are the legacies and hangups left behind, 50 years after the collapse of the military dictatorship?
The ruling party, New Democracy (ND), maintains its leading position despite a slight decrease to 29.5%, as revealed by a public poll conducted by SKAI TV and Pulse in the final week of February. Meanwhile, the main opposition party, leftist SYRIZA, and the social democratic party, PASOK, are tied for second place at 12%.
Livestock farmers affected by last summer’s wildfires and September’s Storm Daniel in Thessaly, Fthiotida and Evros, will be able to claim compensation starting this week, Rural Development and Food Minister Lefteris Avgenakis said on Monday.
Stormy weather is forecast in the late hours of Monday and up to midday on Tuesday, the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY) has said.