Back in 1999, there were 100 supermarket chains operating in Greece, but today their number has fallen below 40 in this market of 12 billion euros per annum. Of the 60 or so chains that were lost, there were some very small ones that closed, others were acquired, others went bankrupt, while there was no …
[Kathimerini/Anastasia Stamatopoulou] A fire broke out on Sunday evening at a popular nightclub in the Pangrati area of central Athens, sparked by candles on a birthday cake, leaving six people injured. The incident occurred shortly after 10 p.m. as a waiter was delivering a birthday cake to a group celebrating at the venue. The candles …
The Cypriot government is stepping up efforts to strengthen the framework for public works contracts following the unfortunate cancellation of the Paphos-Polis road project. With the first phase of the project at risk of long delays, the Public Procurement Authority is introducing new conditions for public works tenders to minimize the time required to find …
File photo. [AP] NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte will visit Athens Tuesday for talks with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias and others. The visit will follow a Monday stop in Ankara, where Rutte will meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and top officials. In Turkey, Rutte is scheduled to …
[InTime News] SYRIZA MP Sokratis Famellos is leading the left-wing party’s leadership voting and could clnch victory in the first round. With 75% of voting precincts reporting, Famellos was leading his main rival, MP Pavlos Polakis 49.60% to 43.31%. The other two candidates, MP Nikolas Farantouris and actor and former mayor of Stylida Apostolos Gletsos …
[INTIME] Greece’s hoopsters avenged on Sunday their 73-72 loss to Great Britain in London three days earlier, winning 77-67 in Thessaloniki. This was Greece’s fourth game in the Eurobasket 2025 qualifiers, with the hosts rising to a 3-1 record. This time, strengthened by three Euroleague players who had not played in London on Thursday, Greece …
Syriza MP Sokratis Famellos will lead the party in Parliament after the resignation of Alexis Tsipras and pending the election of A NEW LEADER/ MP Sokratis Famellos has been elected the new leader of the left-wing SYRIZA party; official final results are still pending. At 11.25 pm, about an hour after they had said they …
Olympiakos thrashed AEK 4-1 in Sunday’s derby to go alone on top of the Super League table, as Aris suffered a shock loss at home to Volos. PAOK and Panathinaikos follow the leader through hard-fought road wins. Ayoub El Kaabi scored a hat trick and Gelson Martins added the fourth goal as the Reds eclipsed …
The democratic process may empower dangerous demagogues but it can also bring about necessary reforms. And so, as Donald Trump returns to Washington, Germany appears to be moving towards loosening the “debt brake” which forbids the country from borrowing more than the equivalent of 0.35 percent of its GDP each year and impedes growth. This …
Protesters take part in a rally during a nationwide strike over the high cost of living, calling for improved pay and working conditions, in Athens on November 20. [EPA] Has the period of deflation – when the value of labor, business and land plummeted as a result of the debt crisis – come to an …