Opposition leader Androulakis promises wholesale reforms, if elected
Opposition leader Nikos Androulakis, head of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) promised wholesale change in a speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair Saturday.
More teen knife crime
Two boys, aged 14 and 15, were charged with insulting, beating, and threatening a 15-year-old with a pocket knife in the Oraiokastro area of Thessaloniki. They are also accused of filming the assaults on a mobile phone and posting the videos online.
ADMIE joins GO15, boosting Greece’s role in power transmission
Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE) has become a member of GO15, the association of the world’s largest Transmission System Operators (TSOs).
Development of state’s Xenia and Ilios hotels
The first public-private partnership tender for the development of Tourism Ministry properties, and in particular the three historic Xenia and Ilios hotels, is entering its final stretch.
A service, not a cushy job
Anyone who seeks to be appointed to a public sector job must be determined and serve it properly.
The contradictions of the middle class
Who makes up the middle class? This is a constant and recurring question. Traditionally, in Greece, it includes the self-employed, small and medium-sized entrepreneurs, freelancers, civil servants, private sector executives, and scientists, such as doctors, lawyers and engineers.
Scientists and university clash over beekeeping ban
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA) has ordered the removal of a research beekeeping site operated by the Hellenic Agricultural Organization’s Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems, citing fire safety concerns after a July 28 blaze near Mount Ymittos.
ATMs enjoy brisk business
Greece is the only EU country with charge-free cash machines for European citizens.
New highway code brings heavier fines, longer suspensions for repeat offenders
Greece’s new Highway Code tοοk effect Saturday, introducing stricter penalties and cumulative punishment for repeat traffic violations.
Lawyers slam Michaloliakos’ release
Lawyers representing the family of Pavlos Fyssas, the anti-fascist rapper murdered in 2013 by a Golden Dawn supporter, and Egyptian fishermen condemned the release of Nikos Michaloliakos, the neo-Nazi party’s leader, calling his treatment “especially privileged.” Michaloliakos, convicted of leading a criminal organization, was freed by a Lamia judicial council on health grounds and placed under…