Inflation and political opportunism
No raise can really be enough when inflation keeps eating into people’s purchasing power, and especially so for people earning the minimum wage.
Small town burns effigy to mark Orthodox Good Friday
People prepare an effigy of Barabbas – a figure in the Bible’s New Testament whom Pontius Pilate freed instead of Jesus Christ – for its customary burning, in the town of Nea Kios, in Argolida in the Peloponnese, which is re-enacted on Orthodox Christian Good Friday.
Between complacency and fear
The crisis stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may drag on and take an even heavier political and social toll. But even if its impact is gradually contained, it will already be significant, at least on the economy.
Trainose launches online information service
Railway operator Trainose has launched an online information service that can also send alerts to passengers’ phones.
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Zakharova warns of “solid double line” despite historic relations with Greece
Maria Zakharova, director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, released a statement on social media on Friday warning that “historical parallels” between Greece and Russia were in danger of becoming “a solid double line between us,” focusing on Greece’s decision to declare 12 Russian officials…
Holy Fire to arrive on Saturday from Jerusalem
The Holy Fire, carried to Greece each year from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, is set to arrive on a special Aegean Airlines flight on Saturday afternoon, in time for the Easter midnight mass.
EU-harmonized inflation at 8% in March
Greece had the eighth highest European Union-harmonized inflation in the eurozone last month, amounting to 8%, according to the definitive figures released by Eurostat on Thursday.
Sky Express to expand its air network further
Sky Express announced on Wednesday it will introduce more frequent and direct flights both in Greece and abroad during the summer.
Push comes to shove
The chronic shortcomings and inefficiencies of the Greek justice system are nothing new. The political class is aware of the problems which mean that thousands of citizens and businesses end up in court every day to resolve all sorts of disputes.