Teachers, students and parents were planning a rally in central Athens on Thursday to protest the lack of sufficient protection measures against coronavirus in schools, and denounce the government policy on the the pandemic.
The government announced Wednesday that existing measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, like obliging restaurants and bars to close at midnight, will be extended for another week from January 23 until the end of the month.
Greece’s first market foray for 2022, with a 10-year bond issue, offered a twin message: that the very low cost of borrowing is now a thing of the past, which is the case for all countries, and that Greece is still a normal issuer, even in a difficult period such as this.
Greeks and foreigners will finally get the chance to pay their taxes, duties and levies in Greece using cards issued abroad.
The Cypriot economy continued its recovery in the last quarter of 2021 as the year-on-year increase of the Cyprus Composite Leading Economic Index shows.
The Environment Ministry on Tuesday presented plans to protect six pristine mountain areas from all forms of human intervention, including a ban on the construction of controversial wind farms.
Tourism-reliant Cyprus will lift all entry requirements on March 1 for inbound travelers who have a valid vaccination certificate showing they received a booster shot, the country’s tourism minister said on Wednesday.
The five incentive schemes the Cypriot Ministry of Labor, Welfare and Social Insurance has introduced for hiring unemployed people attracted great interest as 1,319 applications had been submitted by potential employees January 17, an indication that the target set for 1,450 applications would be met.
When Li Yuan-hsin, a 36-year-old high school teacher, travels abroad, people often assume she is Chinese. No, she tells them. She is Taiwanese.
The Greek unemployment rate fell to 13.3% of the workforce in November 2021, from 16.1% in November 2020 and 13.4% in October 2021, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Wednesday.