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Net tax revenues including rebates recorded an increase of €337 million for the twelve months, exceeding the set targets. This rise was mainly attributed to the revenues in November but was offset by an increase in payments by the Public Investment Program by €362 million compared to the targets.

The ceremony took place on board the General Support Ship "Hercules," provided by the Hellenic Navy as the flagship. The event was attended by NATO Surface Forces Commander Rear Admiral Stefan D. Pauly on Friday, January 12

Fifty years ago, Mark Granovetter, a young Harvard Ph.D. student who would later become a professor at Stanford University, wrote an article entitled “The strength of weak ties”. The article was hugely influential (72,000 citations) and was the founding text of an entire school of thought: Network Theory. According to Granovetter, while strong ties (i.e. […]

Donal Trump was the last U.S. President to mingle with the Davos crowd gathering at the Swiss resort when he arrived four years ago in ostentatious style with his entourage landing in a squadron of helicopters.

The Greek economy is facing 8 chronic "ailments" fuelling inflation which can be distilled to a mix of Greed for profits by businesses “Greedflation”, dependence on domestic production and consumption on imports, the pandemic, the energy and climate crisis, along with low wages

According to the Hellenic National Public Health Organization (EODY), individuals who have been in contact with the student up to seven days before the onset of symptoms must undergo chemoprophylaxis to prevent potential transmission

According to Eurostat data, Greece ranked 6th among the EU’s 32 member states with 58 victims per 1 million inhabitants, Romania holding top stop with over 90 fatalities per 1 million

Revenues have fallen over the last two years for Greek ski resorts due to warm weather, highlighting the need for action amidst climate change. Following an exceptional 2020-2021 season with heavy snowfall, subsequent warm years have posed challenges. In the current 2023-2024 season, none of the country’s 24 ski resorts have opened for business so […]

The airport accounts for approximately 35% of the country's total air traffic, serving over 28 million passengers in 2023

According to the Numbeo online platform, a liter of milk in Amsterdam costs 1.18 euros, while in Athens, it is 1.63 euros

Petrol and hybrid vehicles led car sales in Greece in 2023, with last year’s months-long delivery delays now mostly a thing of the past. Specifically, 134,514 new vehicles hit Greek roads over the year, a 27.8% increase compared to 2022, when 105,283 new sales were recorded. The last month of the old year witnessed 8,287 […]

Consumers in Greece are paying nearly five times more for essential food items than shoppers in other European countries, according to the latest Eurostat figures. Despite the Greek government imposing hefty fines on price gouging and placing a profit ceiling on certain items, supermarket prices continue to rise unabated, with producers and wholesalers citing surging […]

Instead, there is the perception that it is a condition known as Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD, a form of depression that can emerge at various times within the year

“At the moment, they don't have the ability to take a bath. In each house, we have small tanks that store water, and we use it. That's where the major problem is because the plastic retains the smell of the oil.”

History makes it clear that India was far less terra incognita for Greece that other Asian countries

Remote but very accessible, the village of Evrostini has natural springs, noted landmarks and savory local dishes

A trio of ground-breaking reforms, at least by the often timid political standards of contemporary Greece, is apparently forthcoming this month, with the center-right Mitsotakis government set to table legislation with provisions that will irk one end of the political spectrum or the other. The most prominent and contentious initiative is the legalization of same-sex […]

On this day in 1759, the British Museum opened to the public

In the Mediterranean, 730 tons of plastics enter the sea every day, accounting for 90% of floating litter and over 50% of that found on the seabed