Greece increasingly whets appetite of foreign investors
The number}of companies planning to invest in Greece is growing on optimism that its attractiveness as an investment destination will improve in the long term, a survey by EY Greece has found.
Buildings pose future challenge
The upkeep and renovation of Athens’ buildings will be one of the biggest challenges that will confront the capital in the years to come.
Turkey’s map and Greece’s vindication
The displaying of a map showing many Greek islands, including Crete, as Turkish, by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s nationalist ally Devlet Bahceli, is obviously a particularly provocative action that angers Greece. In the battle of public relations, however, it strengthens its position.
Post-Brexit British property buyers snapping up ‘golden visas’
Foreign investors who are choosing to sell their properties in Greece and not renew the residence permit that comes with the purchase of real estate are gradually being replaced by others from Great Britain and the United States, the head of the Risvas and Partners law firm, Alexandros Risvas tells Kathimerini.
ND, Mitsotakis hold steady lead in poll
The ruling center-right New Democracy party maintains a steady lead of eight percentage points over the opposition, according to a Pulse poll conducted for Skai TV on July 11-13 and published on Thursday.
ATHEX: Pressure on banks sends index lower
The Greek stock market lost almost all of its Wednesday gains on Thursday, heading south in line with most other European bourses, partly due to the reduced-growth and increased-inflation forecasts by the European Commission and partly because of worse-than-expected corporate results for banks and investment firms abroad.
An assault on democracy
Attacks on journalists and media outlets are an assault on democracy, regardless of what form they take.
Several wildfires continue to rage as night approaches
Several blazes continued to burn around Greece, including one on the island of Samos, in the eastern Aegean, where two people died when their water-dropping helicopter crashed into the sea.
Four charged over Cyprus cash-for-passports scandal
Cyprus authorities have filed charges against four people related to a now discredited cash-for-passports scheme scrapped by Cyprus in late 2020.
Online service for pensioners
The Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) is launching a new electronic service that seeks to end the need for repeated visits by citizens to the fund’s offices, the time-consuming process of finding various documents and the many months or even years of anxiety about the progress of pension applications.