Housing shortage at 180,000
A Piraeus Bank study estimates the shortage of the residential real estate market at 180,000 housing units.
A Piraeus Bank study estimates the shortage of the residential real estate market at 180,000 housing units.
The Greek-American community has never, perhaps, been as influential as it was in 1988. One of its own, Governor Michael Dukakis, was running for president, and at his side, acting as a right-hand man, was another Greek American, 36-year-old Nick Mitropoulos.
Members of the so-called Crete mafia allegedly used the Viber messaging app to buy and sell weapons, police investigations revealed.
A 27-year-old man has reportedly confessed to carrying out a murder on the orders of a jailed mobster last month for a 15,000 euro payout. The shooting took place on August 18 in downtown Athens’ Agios Panteleimonas district and the victim was a man aged 47.
The Anti-Money Laundering Authority has uncovered a betting system gap exploited by legal betting companies to launder money on behalf of customers, including high-ranking civil servants, among them ministry officials.
The new entity “Railways of Greece SA” has now been officially established.
More arrests and indictments are expected in the following days in connection with a large drug and weapons trafficking ring based in Crete.
The hunt for accommodation is heating up for newly hired or substitute school teachers assigned to posts far from home.
Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis commented on the conversation between the alleged leader of a criminal organization in Crete and former defense minister Panos Kammenos.
This weekend Prime Minister Mitsotakis is heading to Thessaloniki, where he’s going to deliver a sort of state of the union address, outlining his agenda and key priorities for the year ahead.