Bank of Greece sees primary surplus at €4.5 bln
The primary surplus of the state budget jumped to 4.5 billion euros in the first half of 2025, according to data published by the Bank of Greece on Wednesday.
Migration fears turn Europe’s borderless dreams into traffic nightmares
SLUBICE, Poland – The No 983 bus braked shortly after it crossed the Oder River from Poland into Germany, easing inside a large tent and stopping. German police officers boarded, pulled off a man with gray hair and stuffed luggage for further inspection, then sent the driver on his way. The delay took about eight…
Higher costs, finding staff, climate change main challenges for retail commerce
Increased costs, finding and retaining staff, and climate change are the main problems of retail and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), according to a survey by the Research Institute for Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA) published on Wednesday.
Slow justice, sensational TV
How quickly and decisively judicial authorities should act is open to debate – but this should not be confused with the broader modern demand for “instant results.”
Primary surplus more than double target
A primary surplus of 4.667 billion euros, on a modified cash basis for the January-June 2025 period, was recorded in the budget execution, compared to a target of €2.235 billion, and a primary surplus of €2.905 billion for the same period in 2024.
ATHEX: Stocks ease, but a jump appears due
The majority of stocks at Athinon Avenue recorded minor losses on Wednesday.
The digitizing of bureaucracy
The goal of each electronic platform attached to Gov.gr was, according to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to facilitate citizens’ access to various public services, and to remove all sorts of intermediaries and mediators.
Five detained, including ex-wife, in investigation of Berkeley professor’s murder in Athens
Five individuals have been detained in connection with the July 4 murder of 43-year-old Przemyslaw Jeziorski in Agia Paraskevi, northern Athens. Jeziorski, a Polish national and marketing professor at the University of California, Berkeley, was visiting Greece to see his 10-year-old twin children.
Old practices
The ruling conservatives’ proposal to establish a parliamentary committee to retrospectively investigate agricultural subsidies since 1998 – the year the OPEKEPE farm subsidy agency was founded – was not particularly prudent.
Construction of Thessaloniki innovation hub to start this year
The countdown to the start of construction of the first international innovation center in northern Greece, Thess INTEC, has begun.