Greece plans lower bank fees for retail customers
The Greek government is working on a plan to reduce bank fees and charges for retail transactions, to help households cope with high cost of living, the country’s finance minister said on Wednesday.
19-year-old sentenced to one year imprisonment for vandalism at Thessaloniki metro
A 19-year-old received a 12-month prison sentence for spray-painting walls and glass at the Venizelos station of Thessaloniki’s Metro.
New building regulation provisions unconstitutional, Supreme Court rules
Greece’s supreme administrative court, the Council of State, has ruled that key provisions of the New Building Regulation (NOK) are unconstitutional.
Shocked, again
Focusing the discussion on human depravity is the most politically convenient approach: How can a father rape, beat and terrorize his own children, and a mother, also abused, witness this torture without coming forward sooner?
Clearing the corporate trash from the Ambracian Gulf
It’s just before 8 a.m. and the seaside town of Amfilochia, in Aetolia-Acarnania in northwestern Greece, is coming to life. As shopkeepers pull up their shutters and parents walk their kids to school, the Healthy Seas team is getting ready for a major operation to restore the marine ecosystem in the area.
Celebrating Greek diaspora’s impact and perseverance
The Hellenic Initiative’s (THI) 12th Annual New York Gala, held on Saturday at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, drew 800 attendees, including some of the most prominent figures from the Greek-American, Greek-Canadian, and Greek-Australian communities.
Police crackdown on Turkish mafia
Two days after Monday’s fatal daylight ambush in the southern Athens suburb of Glyfada, believed to stem from a turf war among Turkish organized crime factions operating in Greece, police arrested eight suspects and detained another eight in Athens and Thessaloniki on Thursday.
Urban planners charged with bribery
A sprawling corruption ring in the urban planning offices of Halkidiki in northern Greece has been dismantled, according to police on Tuesday, following a months-long investigation that uncovered extensive bribery for approving illegal constructions.
AI to determine values of 36,000 state property assets
Growthfund’s management presented on Tuesday the strategic objectives of the state asset utilization super-fund.
Why France 2024 isn’t Greece 2009
“Is France now Greece on the Seine?” wonders the Wall Street Journal, as investors fret that turmoil in Europe’s second-largest economy could trigger a new eurozone crisis.