Athens ranked seventh most important global shipping hub
The greater Athens area, including the port of Piraeus, became the seventh most important shipping center globally in the Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Center Development Index.
Bad times for potato farmers
Potato farming is among the fields feeling the impact of climate change most strongly in Greece.
EYDAP reinforces water supply in Attica due to drought
The Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company (EYDAP) is activating supplementary water sources to reinforce the water supply in Attica due to the prolonged drought, stated the CEO of EYDAP, Haris Sachinis, in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) published on Sunday.
Art Athina | Athens | September 19-23
Art Athina, Greece’s largest annual art event and one of the oldest fairs in Europe, will take place at the Zappeion Exhibition Hall from September 19 to 23. A total of 71 Greek art galleries and 10 foreign countries will participate, exhibiting hundreds of established and up-and-coming Greek and foreign artists. Admission costs 10 euros.…
‘Greece is out of the woods’
Greece’s Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis defended the introduction of the minimum presumptive income for freelance professionals and the self-employed based on which they were taxed for the first time this year, telling Kathimerini it is a “fair measure” toward salaried employees and pensioners who traditionally paid more tax.
Migrant traffickers changing tactics
The deadly pursuit of migrant traffickers by a Coast Guard patrol boat off the southeastern Aegean island of Symi on Friday has put the spotlight on a conflict raging near Greece’s sea borders.
No radical curbs to Airbnb expected in government plan for housing
The government’s quandary lies in helping free up more accommodation, without curbing the lucrative business of short-term rentals, with sources indicating that changes in this area will be moderate.
Autopsies of 6 bodies recovered from Gaza reveal bullets, advocacy group for hostage families Ssys
A group representing relatives of hostages taken in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel said Thursday that autopsies showed “bullets were found in the bodies” of six captives Israeli troops recovered from an underground tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip, raising questions about how they died.