Minimum wage increase insufficient, union says
Greece’s biggest labor umbrella union, the GSEE, said Monday that the government’s decision to raise the minimum wage to €920 gross is insufficient to address rising living costs.
Greece’s biggest labor umbrella union, the GSEE, said Monday that the government’s decision to raise the minimum wage to €920 gross is insufficient to address rising living costs.
A group of northern European countries vowed Thursday to harden the fight against Russia’s “shadow fleet” of tankers exporting its sanctioned oil, as Turkish officials said that one of those tankers approaching the Black Sea entrance to the Bosphorus Strait was hit by a naval drone.
The European Commission has approved Greece’s seventh payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), paving the way for the disbursement of €1.18 billion, comprising €884 million in grants and €294 million in loans.
European lawmakers voted Thursday to ease the setting up of new migrant detention centers outside the European Union, known as “return hubs.”
A gradual but significant shift in water flows from the Black Sea is already affecting the northern Aegean, with potential consequences for marine ecosystems and fisheries, according to new research.
Greece’s highest administrative court rejected a revised plan for a large tourism development on Paros, citing constitutional concerns but referring the judgment to its plenary due to the importance of the legal issues.
Three listed real estate investment companies are aiming to raise a total of €350 million in the coming days and weeks, despite the challenging environment shaped by the ongoing geopolitical conflict.
The Iran conflict is causing a rise in tourist cancellations and a dive in new bookings in Cyprus and to a lesser extent other countries whose economies rely heavily on summer visitors.
Greece will raise its gross monthly minimum wage by 4.5% from April, the sixth rise in four years, it said on Thursday, as it seeks to restore living standards battered by a decade-long financial crisis and shield consumers from rising energy costs amid the Iran conflict.
An Athens police officer was injured on Thursday in an ax attack by a man reportedly suffering from mental illness.