Aegean reports record core earnings in Q1
Greece’s largest carrier, Aegean Airlines, reported record first-quarter core profit on Wednesday, boosted by a rise of 8% in passenger traffic.
EAC admits risk of fire in Cyprus homes
Thousands of homes in Cyprus may be at risk of fire, electric shock or damage to appliances due to faulty circuit breakers.
This medieval Greek fortress is a tourist idyll. Would a cable car spoil it?
Carved into a massive rock, the medieval fortress town of Monemvasia rises from the Myrtoan Sea in southern Greece, its Byzantine churches and crumbling palaces a draw for the thousands of visitors who walk its cobbled pathways every year.
Coffee Island opens second India store
Greek beverage company Coffee Island has opened a second store in India located at Hyderabad, southern India, following the first one in Gurgaon (Gurugram) near Delhi.
Blurring realities: Art in the urban wild
The exhibition “Plasmata 3: We’ve Met Before, Haven’t We?” presented by the Onassis Stegi, has been launched at the Pedion tou Areos park in Athens through June 15, daily from 6 to 11 p.m. with free admission.
UEFA urges more local refs
UEFA refereeing chief Roberto Rosetti has urged the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) to reduce the use of foreign referees in Greek domestic soccer competitions.
Shops in upscale Kolonaki battle parking crackdown
Business owners on Athens’ upscale Patriarchou Ioakim Street are protesting strict parking enforcement they say is devastating their trade.
ATHEX: Index sees 2,000 points within reach
The investment of some 1 billion euros by UniCredit in Alpha Bank, buying the shares of Reggeborgh Invest, gave another push to the stock market on Wednesday.
Breaking the cycle of tolerance
Lax law enforcement has fostered a driving culture in which violations are seen as normal and excusable.
The last fustanella: Theofilos’ kilt goes under the hammer
Visitors at Zappeion admire Theophilos’ painting “Georgios Karaiskakis Pursuing Reshid Pasha,” displayed alongside the artist’s historic traditional costume, which is being auctioned by Vergos Auctions – a red traditional Greek kilt, embroidered with (Th[eophilos] Zografos) on its garters.