Mountain resorts in high demand for festive season
The current estimate in the market points to an average occupancy of 70-75% for the three long weekends of the holidays.
Agamemnon’s journey to China
At the Sanxingdui Museum in China, visitors wait patiently to pose behind a life-size replica of the famed “Mask of Agamemnon,” created from a new three-dimensional digital model.
Brussels sees four imbalances in Greek economy
The European Commission has included Greece in the seven member-states with economic imbalances, based on its “Alert Mechanism Report” released on Tuesday in the context of the European Semester.
Accountant’s tip leads to another art forgery bust
Authorities have uncovered another case involving hundreds of suspected forged paintings, months after a man, 63, was jailed on similar charges.
German MP urges reopening of Halki Theological School
German lawmaker Thomas Rachel urged Turkey to reopen the long-shuttered Theological School of Halki ahead of Thursday’s visit by Pope Leo XIV to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
Collective labor pact protections restored
Greek employers and labor unions reached a historic agreement on Wednesday aimed at restoring key aspects of collective labor law and expanding the coverage of collective bargaining agreements, officials said.
Taxi unions demand extension of EV deadline
Greek taxi unions are pushing back against a looming shift to electric vehicles, as a law set to take effect on January 1 requires all new taxi registrations in Athens and Thessaloniki to be zero-emission.
Demographic deficit to shave 0.4% off GDP growth every year
Greece fares the worst among the developed countries in Europe regarding the adverse effects of the demographic problem, according to a European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) report.
RRF disbursement of €2.1 billion to Greece
The European Commission on Wednesday disbursed a payment of 2.1 billion euros from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) to Greece, following the positive assessment of the 6th payment request for the Facility’s grants, which had been submitted in mid-July.
How Greece’s brain drain challenges its identity
Highly trained workers, but a labor market that fails to reward that talent – a contradiction that has shaped one of the most pressing issues of post-crisis Greece: brain drain.