Distillers face a law from 1917
Present-day distillers in Greece have to compete with their colleagues in Europe while facing obsolete, 107-year-old legislation.
Supreme Court probe into wife-beating case questioned
The Supreme Court prosecutor’s decision to order a preliminary disciplinary investigation into the decision by judicial officials to release criminal lawyer Apostolos Lytras pending his trial for assaulting his wife triggered reactions from the Athens Bar Association and the Association of Judges and Prosecutors of Greece.
Migration flows at highest since 2019
After a relative lull in recent years, migratory flows in 2024 have already increased significantly in the first months of 2024, mainly through the Evros border region in northeastern Greece, but also the Greek islands.
What did Greeks abroad think about the postal vote?
“For us Greeks living abroad, postal voting has been a request for many years, a policy that not so long ago seemed like a midsummer night’s dream,” says Nicolas, a Greek who is based in London with his wife and two children.
Deputy finance minister calls for increased investments following reforms
Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance Nikos Papathanasis emphasized at the EU General Affairs Council of cohesion policy ministers that reforms must accompany investments to improve regional competitiveness.
ADMIE reports increased reveneues for first quarter of 2024
The Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE) showed a significant increase in its fundamentals in the first quarter of the year, according to the results announced on Tuesday.
Procopiou to create a school at Elliniko
The cooperation between shipowner George Procopiou and Lamda Development will be of a strategic nature, after the acquisition of a 2% stake in the listed company’s share capital for an amount of 25 million euros.
Cyprus growth forecast revised upward
The Central Bank of Cyprus has revised its 2024 forecast for gross domestic product growth to 3%.
Healthy public finances are needed for growth
The commitment to fiscal seriousness is independent of the EU’s fiscal rules, as healthy public finances are a prerequisite for sustainable development, Minister of National Economy and Finance Kostis Hatzidakis said on Monday at an event organized by the State Budget Office in the Parliament, in the context of the annual OECD conference on public…
A battlefield break to cheer Ukraine’s soccer team in Euro 2024
They had won one battle and then sat to watch a battle of a different kind. Eight Ukrainian national guard soldiers who had helped stall a Russian offensive in the northern Kharkiv region of Ukraine took the afternoon off Monday to watch the men’s national soccer team play its first game of the European Championship.