Starting on Thursday, Greek banks will have to reduce the fee to 0.5 euros for all transfers up to €5,000, as from that date a new regulation harmonizing the cost of sending money within the European Union for all types of transfers comes into force. The implementation of the regulation brings Greek lenders one step …
Greece will experience cloudy skies and local rain, particularly in the south, with isolated storms in the Dodecanese early Saturday. Light rain is also expected in the Sporades, eastern Thessaly and Evia. Fog will reduce visibility in the northern and central regions during the night and early morning hours. Winds will be northerly at 3-5 …
The Greek government has declared four days of national mourning following the death of former prime minister Costas Simitis, with a state funeral to honor his legacy. Simitis, who served as prime minister and PASOK leader from 1996 to 2004, is credited with guiding Greece into the Eurozone and shaping the country’s modern political and …
File photo. Authorities issued a 112 emergency alert Sunday warning residents on the island of Rhodes of heavy rainfall and urging them to limit travel. The alert, requested by the island’s mayor, advised people to follow official instructions as Civil Protection forces were fully mobilized in response to the severe weather. “Due to heavy rainfall …
[Nikos Kokkalias] In the latest chapter of an ongoing dispute, the Municipality of Alimos in southern Athens has suspended around 40 building permits tied to height bonuses provided by the New Building Code. These permits, all unused, are now on hold pending a final decision by the Council of State, Greece’s top administrative court, expected …
[Intime] The ministries of Social Cohesion, Labor and National Economy are working together on a plan to completely overhaul of the benefit policy system within 2025, with the aim of achieving a universal structure that does not produce more injustices and inequalities than those it is designed to remedy. The main pillars of the planned …
[InTime News] A Thessaloniki court for offenders caught in the act on Friday handed a man an 18-month suspended prison sentence for espionage after he was caught photographing the city’s military airport on December 23. The sentence was converted to a fine of 10 euros per day, while he was also fined an additional 1,000 …
[Shutterstock] Property rates used for tax purposes (“objective values”) in the Elliniko area are changing again, adding to most property taxes on the so-called Athens Riviera. With its latest decision, the Ministry of National Economy and Finance may leave the zone prices unchanged (as determined in August 2022), but it has influenced two factors that …
The report prepared by the committee responsible for the quality of Greek education is a wake-up call for the state of the educational system, after it found that two in 10 students who graduate from junior high are functionally illiterate. Source link
Italian summer camp kids peppered Shaymaa Shady, 6, with questions about how she lost her leg. “Ha fatto la guerra,” one child said. She went to war. She and 15 other children evacuated from the Gaza Strip months ago, urgently needing medical care. Sarah Yusuf, 6, her pelvis broken in an Israeli strike, can now …