Aegean Airlines returns to profit in Q3
Greece’s largest carrier Aegean Airlines swung to a third-quarter profit as passenger traffic recovered from pandemic travel restrictions and resurgent tourist arrivals.
Police detain at least 50 in sports-related incident
Police detained at least 50 people Wednesday night for a fracas on the street and at Metro Line 1 (Piraeus-Kifissia) which resulted in at least one injury.
Skrekas in Cairo for Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum
The prospects for the supply of natural gas to the Greek and European markets from Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean region will be at the center of discussions that Environment and Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas will have on Thursday in Cairo.
Grocery shopping goes online
Eight in every nine Greeks (89%) say they have ordered groceries online, with 74% considering it a time-saver and 57% planning to purchase food for Christmas this way,
Monthly dues to teleworkers
Employers will have to pay a minimum compensation of 28 euros per month to each of their employees who are teleworking, according the first ministerial decision of its kind signed by Labor Minister Kostis Hatzidakis.
Responsibility instead of cockfights
We have already reached 100 dead a day from Covid0-19, with 600 patients intubated in intensive care units. Hospitals are having to reduce regular surgeries to deal, day and night, with Covid patients, whose numbers are increasing by almost 10,000 a day.
Identifying rental fraudsters
The head of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue, Giorgos Pitsilis, on Tuesday issued an order to all tax offices to begin checks on property owners to establish whether they rightly deserved the compensation the state has paid them after the reduction or even waiving of rents since March 2020.
Greek hub in Silicon Valley on the cards
The creation of a Greek hub in Silicon Valley and the necessary steps for it to become a reality will be discussed, Kathimerini understands, during the upcoming visit to the United States on December 11-18 by Deputy Foreign Minister in charge of economic diplomacy and extroversion Kostas Fragogiannis.
Jobs, not benefits
The creation of a Greek hub in Silicon Valley, the seat of the avant-garde of the US tech scene, is a model for the extroversion that the Greek economy must follow.
Athens: Wise, grumpy, happy and fragile
When I asked journalist and author Bruce Clark whether there is one thing about Athens that has remained unchanged through time, he immediately answered, “The Acropolis.”