Checks and transparency
The causes of the inflation driving up prices may be external, but what must certainly be held in check in the domestic framework is any effort to use global inflation as an excuse for profiteering.
Natural gas subsidy is doubled for this month
The state subsidy for natural gas bills will this month be twice as high as in March, amounting to 40 euros per thermal kilowatt-hour in April against €20 in March, Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas announced on Tuesday in a letter to natural gas supplying companies.
Platform to open on Apr. 7 for 4th Covid vaccine for over-80s
The National Vaccination Committee recommended on Tuesday that people over 60, especially those with health issues, take a fourth dose of the Covid vaccine.
E-payments posted 23% rise last year
The value of transactions completed electronically, through the internet and mobile banking, increased 23.2% in 2021 from the year before, reaching 390.3 billion euros from €316.7 billion in 2020.
ATHEX: Local stocks fail to clear 900 points
The benchmark of the Greek stock market had its first attempt at the 900-point level after a long time but failed to surmount it, as it settled with minor gains on a day of relatively increased turnover on Tuesday.
Complaints of profiteering
Farmers and dairy industry-related entities are complaining of profiteering practices in the market through the creation of artificial shortages in various products and especially in cattle feed.
Investigating magistrate seeks telephone and internet records of child-killer accused
The magistrate investigating the alleged murder of a nine-year-old girl in hospital by her mother requested on Tuesday access to the telephone and internet records of the accused.
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Roma shantytown inspires futuristic utopia representing Greece in Venice
A still from a virtual reality video by Loukia Alavanou that will represent Greece at the 59th Venice Biennale, opening April 23. Presented in Athens on Monday, ‘Oedipus in Search of Colonus’ is part of a bigger installation.
FM Tripartite Meeting concludes
The foreign ministers of Greece, Cyprus and Israel held a trilateral meeting in Athens on Tuesday with the Foreign Ministers of Israel, Yair Lapid, and Cyprus, Ioannis Kasoulides, meeting with their Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias at the ministry’s ‘Ioannis Kapodistrias’ hall.