Staff quota for foreign firms in Cyprus
All foreign companies operating in Cyprus will be required to have at least 30% of their workforce made up of Cypriots or European Union citizens.
Cyprus set to host 26th International Tourism Exhibition amid travel boom
The 26th International Tourism Exhibition of Cyprus is set to open its doors on Friday in Nicosia, with a strong upward trend in outbound travel and projections pointing to a new record in 2025.
New law to facilitate repatriation of US-trained Greek doctors
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced Thursday a legislative initiative aimed at encouraging the return of Greek doctors from the US by simplifying the recognition of their medical qualifications.
Between Reality and the Digital | Athens | April 26 – May 8
Lofos Art Project (39 Velvendou) in Kypseli presents the first retrospective on digital artist and content creator Jo Di (Dimitris Ioakeimidis), highlighting the intersection of art, internet culture and activism.
Turkey will not allow faits accomplis in Aegean and Eastern Med, Fidan says
Turkey will protect its rights and interests in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean “to the end,” Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Thursday during a press conference with his Norwegian counterpart. The remarks came days after Greece announced a new maritime spatial planning initiative.
Istanbul’s strong quake triggers nerves and new pledges to prepare
More than a thousand people in Istanbul turned to mosques, schools and other temporary shelters on Thursday after a strong earthquake rattled the Turkish metropolis a day earlier, leaving some 1.5 million buildings at risk, authorities said.
ATHEX: Balanced day reveals fresh buying moves
The benchmark recovered all the ground lost during the day and closed with marginal growth.
The country’s healthy forces have to take the lead
As Greece just celebrated Easter, a period when feelings of love and solidarity prevail, the reality in the daily lives of the country’s citizens is not that joyful and their outlook for the future not so positive.
Pierrakakis: ‘The return to fiscal health has been hard-earned’
In an interview with the Atlantic Council’s Joshua Lipsky on the sidelines of the IMF Spring Meetings, Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis underscored how far the country has come from being at the center of the eurozone crisis to now emerging as a bright spot in Europe’s otherwise uncertain economic landscape.
A matter of political will
The Greek state’s inability to crack down on electricity theft is indicative of the general inability of the political system to enforce the law and protect the public from all kinds of habitual fraudsters.