New railway projects will have to wait
Railway works company ERGOSE last week approved a set of new-generation projects to upgrade the national network that add up to 3.3 billion euros.
Exodus of civil servants
The increased number of retirements in the civil service is evolving this year into a wave of departures, as Finance Ministry sources speak of retirement applications being up by more than 15,100 public service workers, most of them from the health and education sectors.
Man turns himself in after killing wife
Police in Thessaloniki in northern Greece say they arrested a man Sunday after he reportedly told officers he had killed his wife.
Olympiakos and AEK score late winners
A particularly eventful weekend in the Super League saw Olympiakos and AEK score dramatic late winners, and the Thessaloniki derby marred by fan action.
Athens: The apartment block phenomenon
The Athenian apartment building is a living organism whose evolution reflects broader social and economic shifts, more recently from the decade-long financial crisis, followed by Athens’ emergence as a popular tourism destination, the advent of short-term leasing, the Golden Visa program and the ensuing influx of foreign capital, before the pandemic brought a pause in…
Toddler abandoned outside museum
An 18-month-old girl was found abandoned outside the Athens Archaeological Museum Sunday.
Retraining for police patrols
The 2,000 police serving in the DIAS motorcycle patrol units will start retraining Monday, following the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old in a car chase last month.
Incomes in 2021 to top €80 bln
}It was back in 2013, with the economy in recession, when the tax administration last recorded a sum of incomes declared by taxpayers above 80 billion euros, concerning 2012.
Coronavirus: 96 deaths, intubations at 6.5-month high
New cases of coronavirus dipped, as usual, Sunday, but deaths and intubations rose, with the latter reaching their highest level in six and a half months.
Dismay with Madrid policy
Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said in an interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais that Athens is not happy about the recent strengthening of defense cooperation between Ankara and Madrid.