Piraeus, Rafina sailings resume, Lavrio still closed
Most sailings of ships from the ports of Piraeus and Rafina that were cancelled due to gale-force winds are gradually being reinstated as of Tuesday afternoon.
Most sailings of ships from the ports of Piraeus and Rafina that were cancelled due to gale-force winds are gradually being reinstated as of Tuesday afternoon.
The Greek Culture Ministry’s bill for the “repatriation” of 161 Cycladic antiquities from the United States was passed in the Hellenic Parliament, despite justified reactions from archaeologists and the entire political spectrum.
No one was keeping an eye on late publisher Giorgos Trangas when he was amassing his huge and allegedly ill-gotten fortune.
Certainly the “Eurosceptics” and other enemies of a strong European Union will try to take full advantage of the corruption case that is currently shaking the edifice. Those who consider it their inalienable right to take bribes by whoever wants to undermine the EU will be decrying the hypocrisy of MEPs, NGO members and others…
New Democracy MEP Maria Spyraki has deposited 21,240 euros with the European Parliament “so that there is no difference between my office’s budget and the European Parliament’s for the period 2016-2020,” as she noted in a post.
Benefits and payments amounting to 700 million euros were to be disbursed to Greek citizens on Tuesday and Wednesday, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras told Skai Television on Tuesday.
Greece’s Prime Minister said on Tuesday that revenues from its all-important tourism industry will reach at least 18 billion euros ($19 billion) this year, beating the government’s initial estimates.
The board of EU border agency Frontex appointed Hans Leijtens as the new Executive Director in a closed session on Tuesday.
The year is closing in the supermarket sector with as many as nine takeover deals, vindicating those who predicted that when the pandemic subsided and the inflationary crisis intensified, a new round of concentration would start, with major players going after small and medium-sized local chains.