Bread and circuses
Our world has entered a new reality, one in which old alliances are being tested, friendships among nations strained, and well-established trade patterns challenged.
The variety of Greek crime rings
One doesn’t know where to start: A corruption ring was discovered in the urban planning offices of Rhodes; a fuel smuggling ring with a network that exceeded 250 gas stations had tampered with their pumps; a bribery ring existed in the Forensic Medical Service of Thessaloniki.
‘We were rubber-stamping decisions, not forming strategy’
It has been two months since Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas resigned from his position as president of the National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation (ESETEK) due to the “absence of a strategy on the part of the Ministry of Development.”
A challenge for museums
The changes made to the legal status of the country’s museums did not automatically lead to their transformation. These units of Greece’s “heavy industry” of culture move at different speeds.
Greece does not want a trade war with the US, says finance minister
Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis said Greece does not want a trade war with the United States, at the start of the informal ECOFIN meeting in Warsaw on Saturday.
Google powering AI push in public sector
The Interior Ministry and Google are launching a new seminar series aimed at acquainting public administration employees with the capabilities and challenges of AI.
Dimand kills two birds with one stone
Athens-listed Dimand Real Estate has concluded the acquisition of two REDS plots under development in Kantza, eastern Attica and in Iraklio, Crete, with considerable commercial prospects in the retail and hospitality sectors.
Easter rush starts at capital’s ports
The ringing of the last school bell on Friday afternoon marked the start of the exodus from Athens for the Greek Orthodox Easter holidays over the weekend.
Bill for ailing railway company OSE coming on April 28
A Transport Ministry bill aiming to overhaul Greece’s rail system is expected to be debated in a ministerial council on April 28 before advancing to Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said at the 10th Delphi Economic Forum.
Navy cadets disciplined
A Greek naval inquiry has concluded following offensive chants against Turkey during the March 25 military parade by cadets of the Navy’s Non-Commissioned Officers School (SMYN).