[Yiannis Papanikos/InTime News] Thessaloniki residents braved the bluster of Storm Bora to welcome the much-anticipated metro to their city on its inaugural run on Saturday afternoon, touring the stations, admiring the exhibitions of antiquities found during its excavations and riding the trains. “This is a great day,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said at the metro’s …
[AP] NGOs are viewed with suspicion by a large segment of the public and are subject to what some of their leaders call “punitive” taxation by the state, according to a presentation by the Bodossaki Foundation. Only one in four respondents (26.4%) to a survey by think-tank DiaNEOsis trust NGOs. About 70% said the NGOs …
Storm Bora, the weather system that swept across the country Saturday, claiming the lives of two men on Lemnos, has also impacted Rhodes, prompting authorities to impose a traffic ban as sections of the island’s road network have been heavily damaged. “The situation on the island is devastating and deeply shocking. The people of Rhodes …
[Intime News] The Education Ministry plans to introduce the International Baccalaureate, the two-year diploma program, to five public magnet schools in the next academic year. It will be the first time the globally accredited program will be offered at Greek public schools. Selected private schools have had it for over two decades. Education Minister Kyriakos …
NGO Defense for Children International (DCI) – Greece will host a compelling photo exhibition at the Stelios Foundation Conference Hall (2 Kidathineon) in Plaka, honoring refugee mothers and children who have overcome violence and exploitation. Through evocative portraits and personal stories, the event shines a light on their resilience. With a mini-documentary, interactive sessions and …
Almost five years after COVID blew into our lives, the main thing standing between us and the next global pandemic is luck. And with the advent of flu season, that luck may well be running out. The H5N1 avian flu, having mutated its way across species, is raging out of control among the nation’s cattle, …
Amid a severe shortage of teachers, the Education Ministry has called on retired educators to apply for available teaching positions. In the latest nationwide recruitment effort for 170 positions, only 69 were filled, with certain regional units facing extreme shortages. For example, only three teachers were found for 65 vacancies in West Attica, and just …
Three out of 10 Greeks in urban centers must allocate more than 40% of their disposable income to housing as a total – rent, electricity bills and so forth – while the cost of housing in general corresponds to 35.6% of the disposable income of households in Greece. Based on Eurostat data for 2023, Greece …
The government’s intervention to contain electricity prices in December will ultimately be limited in scope, since the major suppliers, under the threat of extraordinary taxation on profits from production activity, are proceeding to absorb most of the increases in the wholesale market. After Protergia, which fully absorbed the increase in the wholesale price, maintaining the …
The Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) will auction 52-week treasury bills, in book entry form, to the amount of 500 million euros, on Wednesday. In an announcement last Friday, the PDMA said the issue will mature on December 5, 2025, and the settlement date is this coming Friday, December 6. Source link