Italian researcher claims to have located Plato’s burial place
An Italian researcher believes he has identified the location of Plato’s burial place in Athens by analyzing papyri from Herculaneum.
Suspended sentence for police officer for migrant smuggling
A police officer in Thessaloniki has been handed a suspended sentence of 7 years and 8 months for his involvement in the attempted smuggling of migrants through the city’s airport.
US incentives luring Greek industries
The generous incentives provided in the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is not lost on extroverted Greek businesses. Following the lead of other large European industrial companies, Cenergy Holdings and cement manufacturer Titan are giving their own “vote of confidence” to the US as an investment destination and the Biden administration’s $369 billion financial package…
The ‘spectacular turnaround’ in investments in Greece
With investments in Greece on the rise, Michael Arghyrou, the head of the Council of Economic Advisors for Greece’s Finance Ministry, joins Thanos Davelis to look at how these investments are transforming Greece’s economy, and to bust some of the myths around investments in Greece.
Finance ministry to halve commission paid for small POS transactions
The Greek Finance Ministry will table legislation within the next two weeks halving the fees for POS transactions, MInister Kostis Hatzidakis said on Tuesday.
EU lawmakers back Ukraine food import extension, with curbs
The European Parliament voted on Tuesday to back a year-long extension to tariff-free trade for Ukrainian farm produce, while introducing new curbs on the level of imports to assuage protesting EU farmers.
Officer handed suspended sentence for migrant trafficking
A three-member Criminal Appeal Court of Thessaloniki convicted on Tuesday a police officer to seven years and eight months in prison for his involvement in the illegal trafficking of migrants through Thessaloniki’s international airport.
Gov’t plans early repayment of eurozone bailout loans this year
The government plans an early repayment of up to €5 billion of bailout loans to eurozone countries this year, two government officials told Reuters on Tuesday.
Hooligans linked to officer’s death brought before prosecutor
Sixty-seven Olympiakos club hooligans arrested for their involvement in the fatal injury of the riot policeman Giorgos Lygeridis and in at least 14 more cases appeared before a prosecutor on Tuesday.
State Department says ‘no significant changes’ in Greece’s human rights report
There were “no significant changes” in the human rights situation in Greece over the past year, the US State Department said in its annual report which includes, however, a list of issues pertaining to the treatment of migrants, police and the use of spyware.