Greece has moved up three positions in the International Tax Competitiveness Index compared to last year, according to a press release from the Center for Liberal Studies (KEFIM), which publishes the Index in collaboration with the Tax Foundation.
Authorities on the Greek island of Samos, in the eastern Aegean, have opened an investigation after the body of a man was found Monday afternoon in a rocky area in the northeastern part of the island.
The suspect in the fatal stabbing of a 37-year-old man in Athens’ Peristeri district has surrendered to authorities, police said on Tuesday.
Coca-Cola Hellenic has become the second largest Coca-Cola bottler and an absolute dominant player in the soft drinks sector in Europe and Africa.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was presented with the Athenagoras Human Rights Award for his consistent advocacy for religious freedom by the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (AEP) on October 18.
Raymetrics, a Greek firm that makes sensors for remote meteorological parameter monitoring, was named winner in the “Best LiDAR Application in Weather and Climate Monitoring” category at the Hydromet Excellence Awards.
Giorgos Psomopoulos, musician, songwriter and longtime manager of the Greek rock band Magic De Spell, has died, the band announced in a social media post.
A few big headlines have come out of Brussels recently, including the presentation of the EU’s new “Pact for the Mediterranean”, its executive body approving a 5-year defense road map that features plans for a “drone wall”, and the debate about Turkey’s participation in the SAFE program.
The election of Tufan Erhurman on Sunday as leader of the Turkish-Cypriot community is being viewed in Nicosia as a potential opportunity – though one requiring caution.
A major step for the historic Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai was completed with the ordination of Archbishop Symeon by Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem, as attention now turns to his enthronement and the pending agreement with Egypt on the monastery’s legal status.