SYRIZA’s aim for ‘progressive gov’t’ stymied
The narrative of “progressive governance” espoused by SYRIZA is constantly coming up against a brick wall put up by prospective candidate partners.
The narrative of “progressive governance” espoused by SYRIZA is constantly coming up against a brick wall put up by prospective candidate partners.
The distribution of electoral materials at schools around the country designated as polling stations continues unabated in the run-up to Greece’s national elections.
All highways in Greece will be toll-free for private cars and motorcycles on Sunday, in order to facilitate transportation to and from voting locations, Deputy Infrastructure & Transport Minister Giorgos Karagiannis announced Wednesday.
Although nearly all visitors to Thessaloniki (95%) would visit the city again and 97% would recommend it to friends, they rated it low in traffic problems, cleanliness, and noise, according to an annual research poll among tourists.
Greece has secured 24 million euros ($26 million) in European Union funding to upgrade its northern Aegean Sea port of Alexandroupolis, privatisation agency HRADF said on Wednesday.
In the latest poll four days before the election, ruling New Democracy maintains a 6.7 percent lead over main opposition SYRIZA, according to a poll by Alco on behalf of Skai TV.
The request for the the lifting of the immunity of former SYRIZA MEP Alexis Georgoulis, who has been accused of rape and sexual abuse, will be examined during an extraordinary meeting of the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) next Tuesday, May 23.
Beijing fined a Chinese comedy studio around $2 million Wednesday for a joke that compared China’s military to stray dogs, a reminder of the ever-narrowing confines of expression under the country’s leader, Xi Jinping.
Copelouzos Group, through its subsidiary companies Damco Energy and Elica Mediterranean Interconnection, and Infinity Power, a joint venture between Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company) and Egypt’s Infinity, have signed a memorandum of understanding in order to access, on a non-exclusive basis, the possibility of jointly developing renewable energy projects that will provide the GREGY…
Almost two weeks after the zeroing of the tax rate on seven products (bread, eggs, milk, baby diapers, baby food, feminine hygiene products, and adult diapers) in Cyprus, the island’s ministries of Finance and of Commerce are in discussions regarding the next list of products that will have a low or reduced tax rate.