Insurance policies against online fraud, cyberattacks and hacking offer insurers a major field for expansion, as in the numerous incidents of cyberattacks or breaches of personal data recorded every year, the target is not only small or large businesses, such as banks, telecommunications or courier companies, but also ordinary people. The resilience of a company …
[InTime News] More than 1.400 people on motorbikes and e-scooters were fined οver the past week for not wearing crash helmets, police said Monday, in a slight increase over the previous week. A police statement said 16,383 people were stopped nationwide between April 20-26, and 988 motorcycle riders were caught helmetless. Another 142 passengers were …
European institutions sometimes hold up a mirror to us, in which we see Greece’s bad side. This was especially true during the years of the economic crisis, when the entire administrative structure and the political mores that shaped it came under scrutiny. However, at some point we must stop needing “supervisors” and their observations to …
Standard & Poor’s left Greece’s credit rating and outlook unchanged, while Stoxx announced it will upgrade the Greek stock market from developing to developed as of September 21. Along with the prolonged uncertainty regarding the Middle East war, the local bourse had a rather quiet day on Monday, with minor gains for the main indexes …
File photo. A fake power company employee has talked an 85-year-old woman in northern Greece into handing him €20,000 in cash that she kept at home using a common but highly effective scam, police said Monday. The 38-year-old man has been identified and charged with fraud over the incident last month in a village near …
The production manager of the Violanta biscuit factory, where five workers were killed in a major gas explosion in January, has been granted conditional release from pretrial detention after giving testimony to the investigating magistrate handling the case. The factory manager has meanwhile been given until May 11 to testify. Company executives face criminal charges …
Main opposition leader Nikos Androulakis said his PASOK party will ask parliament to establish an investigative committee into the wiretapping scandal, after a Supreme Court prosecutor ruled out reopening the case despite a court decision calling for further inquiry into possible additional offences and suspects. Speaking at an emergency press conference, Androulakis accused the leadership …
[Handout/Culture Ministry] A gate and adjoining section of the ancient walls of Piraeus will be conserved to address damage from rainwater erosion while the archaeological site that contains them will be expanded, the Culture Ministry said Monday. A ministry statement said an extra 7,000 square meters will be added to the 20,000-square-meter site of the …
[Handout/Hellenic Police] Police motorcyclists have arrested a man on the western outskirts of Athens for playing music full blast from an enhanced sound system installed in his car, authorities said Monday. The 25-year-old suspect was taken into custody around midday Sunday in the capital’s Aharnes suburb, also known as Menidi. A police statement said the …
Turkey has unveiled details of a broad package of incentives aimed to boost competitiveness and attract investment, and also position its biggest city Istanbul as a leading financial gateway across the region. At a press conference Monday, Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said Turkey was extending a tax exemption on services exports to 100% to target …