ATHEX: No pretext found for a rebound
The benchmark of the Greek stock market narrowly managed to stay above the psychologically important 2,000-point level.
Protecting justice
The institution of justice needs to be safeguarded. It cannot be left to the mercy of attacks from extreme populist voices when it is striving to do its job in extremely difficult circumstances, adjudicating cases that have caused pain to Greek society.
Pollatos’ Posidonia debut with marine cleaning solutions
Piraeus-based Pollatos Company will make its Posidonia debut this June, bringing more than seven decades of industrial brush manufacturing expertise to the international maritime community.
Ministry delays mandatory bank payments for rent to October
The Finance Ministry has postponed a measure requiring rent payments to be made through bank accounts, shifting its launch from April 1 to October 1.
Greece reckons with its past
I joined The Economist full-time in 2018. As the only Greek in our editorial department, I have visited Athens with our Europe editor for meetings with politicians and bankers to discuss the economy and the country’s recovery since the bailouts.
Making do in times of crisis
For nearly two decades we have been dealing with one crisis after the other. In Greece, the debt crisis lasted longer than in any other eurozone country and we still hadn’t recovered when we were hit by the global crises caused by the pandemic, by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and now by Trump’s Middle…
Low-key is sometimes best
A friend recently asked me whether it was a mistake that Greece was not represented by a minister or high-ranking government official at the White House ceremony organized again this year to mark the March 25 anniversary of the Greek War of Independence.
Woman found dead in Thessaloniki flat, strangulation suspected
A 59-year-old woman was found dead Monday afternoon in an apartment in the Evosmos district of Thessaloniki, with early forensic findings indicating possible strangulation.
Court win for whistleblower at scandal-ridden farm subsidy agency
A key whistleblower working for a state farm subsidies agency that’s at the heart of a European Union fund misuse scandal has won a court battle to regain the senior auditing position from which she was “illegally” demoted, her lawyers said Monday.
Thessaloniki motorcycle buyers face delays over license plate shortage
Hundreds of motorcycle buyers in the Thessaloniki area are unable to receive their newly purchased vehicles due to a shortage of materials needed to issue license plates, local media reported Monday.