Category Archives: Latest Greek news

Buying a house by renting it

Economics Professor Kostas Zachariadis summarizes to Kathimerini the model that his London-based company Adjoin Homes has been implementing since last year.

Thousands of buildings to be screened

The government has decided to resume pre-seismic inspections of public buildings, with emphasis placed on some 30,000 structures deemed to be of critical importance, such as schools, hospitals and other places of large gatherings.

Danish Cinema | Athens | February 20

The Danish Institute in Athens continues its showcase of the country’s cinema scene, with “Kvinden i buret” (“The Keeper of Lost Causes”).

Motor Oil, EIB sign loan on clean fuel

The European Investment Bank (EIB) on Friday announced that it will provide a 40-million-euro 10-year loan to Motor Oil to develop an extensive network of electric vehicle charging and hydrogen stations throughout Greece.

Piraeus Bank credit benefits young farmers

Piraeus Bank has disbursed more than 400 million euros in funding to the primary sector in 2022, with 60% of recipients being young farmers, the bank’s senior executives told journalists on Friday. 

A Russian mole in Germany sows suspicions at home, and beyond

A few days before Christmas, a convoy of security vehicles invaded a quiet corner of Weilheim, a quaint Bavarian town of pastel squares and fastidiously kept cobblestone streets. Their target seemed as unassuming as the setting: a local children’s soccer coach.

Erdogan facing the rack

The destructive earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria primarily have a human dimension. The father who refuses to let go of his dead daughter’s hand, the big sister who protects her younger brother in the rubble, the rescuer who gives water to a trapped child using the cap of a plastic bottle are shocking and…

We need proactive checks

Greece has had strict building regulations for years. But it now appears that the system of monitoring compliance with these rules is not as strict.

Predators and prey

“There’s two types of people in the world: the people who take, and those gettin’ took. Predators and prey.” This line is spoken by Rosamund Pike’s character, Marla Grayson, in the movie “I Care a Lot,” playing on Netflix.

Making the National Archaeological Museum shine

It was selected by an international committee out of a total of 10 proposals by award-winning architectural offices and had become the subject of great anticipation and discussion, but finally the draft architectural plan for a major renovation and expansion of the National Archaeological Museum (NAM) in Athens was presented on […]