Major electricity suppliers absorb hikes

Major electricity suppliers absorb hikes

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 …

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Greece to raise €500 mln in T-bills

Greece to raise €500 mln in T-bills

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

A celebration for civil society

A celebration for civil society

Club thrower Alia Issa, a member of the Refugee Paralympic Team in Tokyo, trained I thanks to the RePower program, supported by Active Citizens Fund Greece Stories with a happy ending. Stories of people from different generations, places and backgrounds. Touching and unquestionably optimistic stories. Stories of transformation. Such were the stories shared at the …

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Storm Bora brings flooding, disruptions across Greece

Storm Bora brings flooding, disruptions across Greece

[InTime News] Storm Bora has caused severe flooding and damage across Greece, leading to over 290 emergency calls by Saturday night. The fire department reported rescues, water pumping and tree removals in Central Macedonia and on the islands of Lemnos, Chios and Rhodes. In Lemnos, a man’s body was recovered from a swollen creek, and …

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Charities and taxes

Legal entities that develop charitable, nonprofit activity are not businesses. They are active cells of civil society. Their income cannot be taxed as products of personal enrichment. Source link

Lawyer questions detention in Ambelokipoi explosion case

Lawyer questions detention in Ambelokipoi explosion case

The lawyer for a 26-year-old man detained over an October explosion in Athens’ Ambelokipoi district has criticized the decision to remand his client, citing insufficient evidence. “The detention was based solely on a partial fingerprint found on a common item, a bag,” attorney Alexandros Kanellopoulos said Saturday. He added that his client “categorically denies the …

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AthensCon | Athens | December 6-8

AthensCon | Athens | December 6-8

AthensCon, Greece’s largest comic and pop culture convention, returns to the Tae Kwon Do Stadium in Palaio Faliro. The three-day event brings fans face-to-face with global icons like actress Aimee Garcia, writer Larry Hama and illustrator Stephanie Hans, alongside artist signings, workshops and gaming tournaments. Highlights include the AthensCon Cosplay Championship and a comic competition …

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79 migrants rescued near Gavdos in two incidents

79 migrants rescued near Gavdos in two incidents

File photo. The Coast Guard rescued 79 migrants in two operations near Greece’s southernmost island of Gavdos. Late Friday, a rescue vessel intercepted a boat carrying 43 men 10 nautical miles off Gavdos. The migrants were taken to Hora Sfakion port and transferred to temporary housing in Agia, Hania. On Saturday morning, a Panama-flagged cargo …

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New Thessaloniki metro is archaeological window on the past

New Thessaloniki metro is archaeological window on the past

[Yiannis Papanikos/Intime News] A metro system in Greece’s second city Thessaloniki officially opened on Saturday, its stations displaying the same ancient artifacts that nearly derailed the project’s completion. During construction, which began in 2006, workers discovered a Byzantine-era market, a Roman cemetery and other treasures of the city’s long and varied history. The finds stalled …

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Musicians ‘must revisit’ what they are doing

Musicians ‘must revisit’ what they are doing

‘We knew that Athens did not need another concert hall. On the contrary, insisting on its nonprofit nature, we imagined and designed how the Athens Conservatoire could operate in an autonomous and completely sustainable way as a multifunctional space for education, production and hosting events,’ Nikos Tsouchlos, head of the Athens Conservatoire, tells Kathimerini. [Nikos …

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