European Union foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to prepare new sanctions on Russia and increase weapons’ deliveries to Kyiv after President Vladimir Putin ordered the country’s first wartime mobilization since World War Two to fight in Ukraine.
Athens Photo World’s summer exhibition on “Nature and the Environment” is back on show through the end of the month at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
Guards at Greece’s northeastern land border with Turkey prevented some 1,500 migrants from entering the country on Wednesday, the country’s minister for citizens’ protection said, describing the push for entry as an “organized plan.”
The theme of this year’s International Day of Peace – “End Racism. Build Peace” – carries with it particular resonance for the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Movement.
“It may be necessary to extend the granting of the heating allowance after December 31,” Finance Minister Christos Staikouras stated on Wednesday in an interview with ANT1 TV.
Turkey must respect the property rights and freedoms of minority groups, the EU’s special representative for human rights told the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, referring specifically to the country’s Greek community.
The exemption from the levy to practice a profession and the 40% discount on the social security contributions of each part-time employee, whose contract will be converted to full-time, promise to give hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized businesses and business owners an economic breather.
The Finance Ministry submitted an amendment to Parliament late on Tuesday putting a definitive end to the solidarity levy for all.
Air transport is returning to pre-pandemic levels, a global trend recorded by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) that has become evident in Greece since the start of the summer season, when most regional airports showed stronger performance compared to 2019.
The majority of households in Greece have cut down considerably on spending on clothes and household items, but also on food and electricity, with this trend actually increasing about seven months after the start of the war in Ukraine, compared to the spring.