Prison, fines for parents who keep children from attending school
Parents or guardians who do not ensure their children attend school, at least in the obligatory first nine grades, will face up to 2 years in prison plus a fine.
EU finance ministers agree on new VAT regime from 2025
After almost four years of consultation, an agreement on a new VAT framework was reached Tuesday by EU finance ministers.
Tourism has brought over 10 bln euros
This year’s tourism revenues have already exceeded 10 billion euros, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias stated on Tuesday.
A trilateral mode of collaboration
The joint declaration of the December 7 Greece-Israel-Cyprus summit exhibits the determination of the three countries to further strengthen their cooperation.
Jelovac death overshadows Basket League
The loss of AEK basketball player Stevan Jelovac, who died within a few days of his stroke at the age of 32 years, overshadowed not only AEK’s win over Promitheas but also the entire action at the Basket League.
ATHEX: Notable gains on universal recovery
Athinon Avenue rode the wave of recovery that swept most international stock markets on Tuesday.
Sustainable growth
The performance of the Greek economy in the third quarter of the year was impressive. It marked Greece’s rapid return to pre-pandemic levels.
Is inflation ‘transitory’?
What does it mean that inflation is “transitory”? In a sense it means that its duration will be short enough so as not to permanently affect economic behaviors and inflation expectations.
Gov’t aiming for Greek economy to stay open for Christmas
Government spokesperson Giannis Oikonomou referred to the government’s “balanced strategy against the pandemic” in an interview with Mega TV on Tuesday.
Too much food being wasted
Greeks throw away at least 300,000 tons of food per year, which could have fed 200,000 people for an entire year – the population of a city similar to Patra – according to a survey by the Research Institute of Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA).