Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will address the 14th Regional Conference on productive reconstruction in the northern Aegean, on the island of Lesvos, on May 3. Its purpose is the in-depth exploration of production capacities in order to set qualitative and quantitative targets for the development perspective of the North Aegean in the context of a … Περισσότερα
The Greek unemployment rate eased to 20.6 pct of the workforce in January 2018, from 20.8 pct in December 2017, Eurostat said on Wednesday. The EU executive’s statistics agency, in a report released here, said that Greece and Cyprus recorded the biggest decline in the unemployment rate in January compared with the previous year. The … Περισσότερα
Securing economic growth is a key way of reducing poverty and social exclusion, said New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday. Speaking at the Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute of Democracy, Mitsotakis highlighted that his party’s program includes the introduction of minimum guaranteed income for 800,000 people at a cost of one billion euros per year and … Περισσότερα
Industry must take a central role in Greece’s economy, in line with changes taking place in Europe and the US, Economy and Development Minister Yiannis Dragasakis said on Wednesday. Speaking at the first general meeting of the “Hellenic Production – Industry Council for Growth”, Dragasakis said that Greece’s growth strategy foresees manufacturing increasing to 12 … Περισσότερα
An unknown perpetrator or perpetrators shot and killed a 57-year-old retired police officer outside a taverna in Pallini in the early hours of Tuesday morning. According to police sources there were no eye-witnesses to the shooting and its motives remain unclear. Police said that the taverna car park where the victim was shot was dark … Περισσότερα
Gone are the days of bleakly waiting for the bus on Thessaloniki’s number 64 bus route. Commuters can now enjoyably fill the time by reading from a selection of books available to them for free, in attractive book cases built inside the stone bus shelters. And when the bus arrives, no worries; you can hop … Περισσότερα
Fire-fighting forces throughout the Eastern Macedonia-Thrace region mobilised on Tuesday to put out a fire that broke out at a factory making batteries in Olvio, Xanthi. The fire-fighting effort was especially difficult due to the highly flammable materials stored in the central building, which caused minor explosions from time to time, as well as strong … Περισσότερα
Greece’s largest trade union federations held a strike rally in Klafthmonos Square in central Athens on Tuesday to mark the May 1 anniversary of Labour Day, with “Democracy, Justice, Equality, Freedom, Peace, Labour Rights” as its central slogan. The rally was organised by the General Confederation of Employees of Greece (GSEE), the civil servants’ union … Περισσότερα
After three difficult years of hard but systematic work, with compromises that had to be made but also important victories in battles seen as hopeless, Greece was finally able to stand on its feet again, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras noted in a message for Labour Day. “We are exiting the programmes cleanly, without the new … Περισσότερα
The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday appealed to the Greek government to improve conditions and reception capacity for refugees arriving in Greece via the Evros river and the land border with Turkey, following a recent spike in arrivals. According to UNHCR, over 2,900 people have arrived in Evros in April, mostly families … Περισσότερα