Piraeus port container workers call strike for Dec 1-2
In an announcement on Tuesday, the Piraeus Port Dock Containers Workers Union (ENEDEP) said it was demanding the signing of a collective labor agreement.
Greece must pick up pace to catch up
“It is exceptionally crucial to realize that we must speed up, because other countries are speeding up as well, in terms of both funding and human resources,” Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) President Dimitris Papalexopoulos said on Monday.
Inflation at a 10-year high
Inflation in Greece posted a decade high of 4.3% in November, according to estimates by the statistical office of the European Union, up from 2.8% in October and approaching the eurozone average of 4.9%.
Turning Greece into a global digital innovation hub
Greece can evolve into an innovation center of global reach if it turns to high-technology investments related in general to the green transition, the health sector and defense-cybersecurity, according to a study by Accenture for the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV).
Mandatory vaccinations are constitutional, says law professor
The constitutionality of making Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for people aged 60 and over is not in doubt, an emeritus constitutional law professor said on Tuesday.
Cartoon by Ilias Makris (30/12/2021)
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Alpha Bank posts Q3 losses on higher loan provisions
Alpha Bank, one of the country’s four largest banks, swung to a net loss in the third quarter after a profit in the previous quarter, on higher loan-loss provisions.
US to spend $35 mln on Larissa base
In another sign of the growing importance that US-Greek relations have acquired, Washington plans, according to sources, to spend a total of $33.5 million on the construction of two hangars and support buildings at Larissa Air Base in Central Greece.
Award ‘came at the right time’
Christos Chomenidis was awarded the European Book Prize (Prix du Livre Europeen) for his novel “Niki” on November 15.
Appointments tripled after announcement mandating jabs
The number of persons over 60 years of age who booked an appointment for a vaccine against Covid-19 tripled after an announcement by Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis earlier on Tuesday, making them compulsory for those in that age group, according to sources.