Flood support heading to Thessaly flood victims
New payments for emergency assistance have been issued to the victims of the floods that occurred in various areas of Thessaly and central Greece at the beginning of September 2023.
Minimum wage increase aligns with average salary
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Domna Michailidou emphasized in an interview on state radio ERA that the increases in the minimum wage are aligned with those in the average salary.
As graffiti moves from eyesore to amenity, landlords try to cash In
Julian Phethean’s first canvas in London was a shed in his backyard where he covered the walls with bold lettering in spray paint. When he moved his art to the city’s streets in the 1980s, it was largely unwelcome — and he was even arrested a few times.
Cyprus’ Industrial Turnover Index up 2.6%
Cyprus’ Industrial Turnover Index reached 121.1 points in January (base 2021=100), recording an increase of 2.6% compared to January 2023.
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A city without buses
The state of public transport in the Greek capital is disheartening, but without reliable public transport, traffic cannot be dealt with. Nor can the problem of pollution in the city be drastically reduced.
Warning for POS rule dodgers
More than 1,000 enterprises risk high fines that reach up to 20,000 euros each.
The mixer of ruthless demagoguery
“We have said that we want gun ownership for the Greek man, training for the Greek woman, for everyone,” the leader of the nationalist Greek Solution party, Kyriakos Velopoulos, said in an interview with state-run broadcaster ERT.
The Serbian pendulum and the roles of Vucic
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is an unpredictable leader in a region crucial for Balkan peace and stability. Striving to maintain a balanced stance between the West and Russia, he has for years benefited from European and American investments, alongside diplomatic support from Russia (particularly concerning Kosovo) and energy assistance. He likes to brag about these…
Pussy Riot founder talks to Kathimerini about Russia’s ‘military dictatorship’ ahead of visit to Athens
What is it like to live in constant fear of attack or imprisonment by the Russian state? The very harsh reality is described to Kathimerini by the creator of the Russian feminist protest art collective Pussy Riot, Nadya Tolokonnikova.