Fide Koksal | Athens | January 10-13

Fide Koksal | Athens | January 10-13

Turkish singer Fide Koksal will perform at the Half Note Jazz Club (17 Trivonianou) in a series of four shows from January 10 to 13. She will be accompanied on stage by renowned Greek artists Eleni Tsaligopoulou, Antonis Mitzelos, Yiannis Kyrimkyridis and Panos Dimitrakopoulos. Koksal, who was born and raised in Smyrna, will present a …

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Skewed investments | eKathimerini.com

More than half of the foreign funds that are invested in the Greek economy continue to be channeled into the real estate market.  This causes all sorts of imbalances, beyond the distortive effect it has on the cost of housing. It also demonstrates that the country is still too weak to attract productive investments, which …

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Upsurge in short-term rentals | eKathimerini.com

Upsurge in short-term rentals | eKathimerini.com

Greece experienced a significant rise in short-term rental accommodations in 2024, with offerings surpassing 230,000 properties nationwide by August. This marked an unprecedented milestone as the number of available beds in these units climbed to 1.022 million, overtaking the 887,740 beds at the country’s hotels. Analysts attribute this growth to sustained demand from inbound tourism …

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Ferry returns to Piraeus after engine trouble

Ferry returns to Piraeus after engine trouble

File photo. [InTimeNews] A passenger ferry was forced to return to the port of Piraeus on Saturday after experiencing engine trouble while it was sailing north of Aegina island in the Saronic Gulf. According to state broadcaster ERT, the Poseidon Hellas was en route from the islet of Angistri to Aegina, carrying 182 passengers, 18 …

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Erdogan expects more interest rate cuts in 2025

Erdogan expects more interest rate cuts in 2025

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that there would be more interest rate cuts in 2025 after the central bank cut its key rate by 250 basis points to 47.5% this week. The Turkish central bank trimmed the one-week repo rate after an 18-month tightening effort that reversed years of unorthodox economic policies and …

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Arrests in Athens and Thessaloniki in operation against Turkish mafia

Arrests in Athens and Thessaloniki in operation against Turkish mafia

[InTime News] Police have made three arrests as part of a coordinated parallel operation against the Turkish mafia in Athens and Thessaloniki. In Athens, officers from the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (DAOE) conducted searches in three houses in the center of Athens, during which 11 people were detained. Of those 11 individuals, three were …

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Major traffic delays on Kifissou Ave after truck downs lighting pole

Major traffic delays on Kifissou Ave after truck downs lighting pole

[File photo] Major traffic delays have been reported on Kifissou Avenue near Peristeri, in Athens, after a southbound truck hit and knocked down a lighting pole on the median strip on the thoroughfare. As a result, the two left lanes towards Piraeus and the left lane towards Lamia have been closed. Long-distance coach company KTEL …

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T-bills auctioned Tuesday | eKathimerini.com

T-bills auctioned Tuesday | eKathimerini.com

Between 70% and 80% of the issue activity will be covered through two new syndicated issues – with a new 10-year note being certain and expected, most likely, at the beginning of the year – and the rest through planned reissues of existing securities, amounting to some €2 billion. On Tuesday, December 31, Greece will …

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Gov.gr rated best-performing public service 

Gov.gr rated best-performing public service 

The new measurement of customer experience (CX) levels in Greece, which was carried out by the company Braincandy for a seventh consecutive year, showed that the state’s online platform, Gov.gr, was the public service with the best performance, maintaining its primacy in relation to the rest of the public sector. Despite the strong competition and …

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Teenagers charged with robbery, assault

Teenagers charged with robbery, assault

Four teenagers have been charged with robbery and assault following a violent incident near the Maroussi ISAP train station in northern Athens on Christmas Eve. The Athens Prosecutor’s Office filed felony charges of joint robbery and misdemeanors, including dangerous bodily harm, illegal possession of weapons and their use.  The charges stem from an attack on …

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