Why are so many companies ‘rightsizing’?
As the era of low interest rates came to a halt over the past two years, hundreds of tech companies slashed jobs.
Athens’ new and underwhelming facades
Every time a new building is unveiled in Athens, usually following a reconstruction, I wait anxiously to see the facade. The scale model, when it exists, may suggest the result but it does not show the quality of the materials, nor the integration of the new building into the surrounding environment.
Tribute to the American Hellenic Institute
The year 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the American Hellenic Institute.
In times of inflation
Back when Greece was still using the drachma as it currency, there was a bakery on downtown Athens’ Kaningos Square that didn’t sell bread, but just made it.
Management in national defense
The Greek government’s choices for the new leadership of the armed forces are excellent.
Cartoon (13/01/2024)
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WWII aircraft wreck found in Faliro Bay
A team of divers recently identified the wreckage of a World War II aircraft on the seabed in Faliro Bay, southern Athens, believed to have crashed in 1943.
Takis Tloupas: Stories from the basement
Rare Super 8 footage captured between 1950 and 1980 by Takis Tloupas and unearthed in the basement of his Larissa home by director Kalliopi Legaki inspired her to explore the life of the photographer who gained renown for his black-and-white images of life in the Thessalian city and countryside.
‘Ten percent of Greeks are not adequately fed’
Pantelis Tsiadis’ day often begins before dawn, with the alarm clock ringing at 5.30 a.m. The 57-year-old divides his time between the facilities of the food bank in Kryoneri, East Attica, and the kitchen of the Panagia Myrtidiotissa parish in Mikrolimano, Piraeus, various shops in the neighborhood that contribute to the free meal program, as…
Most fines on profiteering collected; more to come
Most of the fines imposed by the Development Ministry for profiteering have already ended up in the public coffers, while, according to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, new findings from the price control on baby formula seem to be leading to new high fines.