The last shift
Night work (from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.) is paid with a 25% premium on the statutory hourly wage. If it falls on a Sunday or a public holiday, that premium rises to 75%.
ATHEX: Supreme Court decision sends banks lower
The bourse benchmark came off Wednesday’s 16-year highs to lose more than 40 points on Thursday.
Serviceman held on suspicion of using encrypted software to leak secrets to China
A member of Greece’s Armed Forces arrested Thursday morning on suspicion of leaking classified intelligence to “third parties” is believed to have used encrypted software to transmit sensitive information to China, according to emerging reports.
Europe’s time is now – or never again
The world we knew is not coming back. For decades, Europe lived with comforting certainties. That era is over.
Ombudsman urges impartial, extensive Coast Guard probe into Chios migrant deaths
Greece’s Ombudsman’s office on Thursday urged the Coast Guard to conduct an “impartial and extensive” investigation into the death of 15 migrants in a collision between a Coast Guard vessel and a small inflatable boat off Chios this week.
Kos biotechnology fund invests in sector consultancy Epikast
Kos Biotechnology Partners, a global life sciences investment firm, has made its first investment, to Epikast, a US-Greek consultancy advising pharmaceuticals and other biomedical companies on expanding market access.
Two South Americans arrested over jewelry store thefts in Attica
Greater Athens police said Thursday they have arrested a man and a woman from South America on suspicion of belonging to a gang that specialized in stealing from central Athens jewelry stores.
Arrested military spy suspected of leaking intelligence to ‘US rival superpower’
A member of Greece’s Armed Forces arrested Thursday on suspicion of leaking classified information to “third parties” is believed to have passed intelligence to a foreign superpower considered a major rival of the United States, Kathimerini understands.
Man held over injured relative scam targeting elderly woman
Police in northern Greece said Thursday they have arrested a man suspected of belonging to a scammers’ ring that preyed on vulnerable people, demanding large sums of cash to cover fictitious emergency hospital treatment for relatives of their prospective victims.
Parliament passes ‘legal migration’ bill
Parliament passed a “legal migration” bill with the votes of the ruling New Democracy party, while all opposition parties voted against it.