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  • Marinakis: You cannot have 71% of freelancers declare lower income than their employees on minimum wage

    Marinakis: You cannot have 71% of freelancers declare lower income than their employees on minimum wage

    Referring to freelancers, Marinakis said, "We must all admit that it is not possible for 1 out of 2 freelancers to declare only losses and 71% of them to declare below minimum wage" as income on their annual income tax declarations. "Is everyone in this 71% a tax evader? No, neither are the remaining 29%," he added.

    Marinakis: You cannot have 71% of freelancers declare lower income than their employees on minimum wage
  • Kasselakis: ‘1.63 bln euros in additional taxes on citizens in 2024, per state budget’

    Kasselakis: '1.63 bln euros in additional taxes on citizens in 2024, per state budget'

    In the video, Mitsotakis is shown announcing the bonuses to people with disabilities and low pensions, after which older clips are shown from parliament where he is criticizing the then Syriza government handing out bonuses "like Santa Claus" after taxing people heavily.

    Kasselakis: ‘1.63 bln euros in additional taxes on citizens in 2024, per state budget’
  • Gerapetritis: ‘We welcome the Cooperation Council with Turkey, with knowledge and seriousness’

    Gerapetritis: ‘We welcome the Cooperation Council with Turkey, with knowledge and seriousness’

    Gerapetritis says that the country is coming to the upcoming High-Level Cooperation Meeting with Turkey “with a sincere sense of collaboration, yet without ignoring or overlooking fundamental differences in international policy,” including in the Middle East crisis and on bilateral level.

    Gerapetritis: ‘We welcome the Cooperation Council with Turkey, with knowledge and seriousness’
  • Papastergiou: Greek state services fully digitized by 2027

    Papastergiou: Greek state services fully digitized by 2027

    Digital Governance Minister first referred to the Greek government's gov.gr online platform and the 1,600 different public services it offers, mentioning the 8.3 million adult Greeks who are using the platform and the 20 million monthly searches on it.

    Papastergiou: Greek state services fully digitized by 2027
  • Thessaloniki metro project will be fully operational by end 2024

    Thessaloniki metro project will be fully operational by end 2024

    Staikouras was given a tour of the works and saw the project’s progress, while he also spoke with dozens of visitors to the station who visited the premises despite the rain and asked him questions about it.

    Thessaloniki metro project will be fully operational by end 2024
  • Feast Day of Agios Stylianos, the protector of Children

    Feast Day of Agios Stylianos, the protector of Children

    On November 26, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of Agios Stylianos, the Protector of Children.

    Feast Day of Agios Stylianos, the protector of Children
  • Lamda: The next milestones for the Ellinikon project

    Lamda: The next milestones for the Ellinikon project

    The following milestones for the project, the first chronologically, have to do with the development of the “Riviera Tower”, the skyscraper landmark for the Residential Tower, where the ground floor slab will be visible to all from Poseidon Avenue by the end of 2023.

    Lamda: The next milestones for the Ellinikon project
  • Greece participates in EU meeting on violence against women

    Greece participates in EU meeting on violence against women

    The meeting of officials responsible for equality in EU member states – and other invited European countries – focused on current EU challenges in responding to this type of violence, such as data collection and victim support.

    Greece participates in EU meeting on violence against women
  • PM Mitsotakis: Port infrastructure in Greece undergoing major revamp

    PM Mitsotakis: Port infrastructure in Greece undergoing major revamp

    "We are making significant progress at the port of Agios Konstantinos as part of a large developmental mosaic that concerns our port infrastructure," the Greek premier said.

    PM Mitsotakis: Port infrastructure in Greece undergoing major revamp
  • SYRIZA and PASOK proposals for preliminary committee on Tempi-related contract are rejected

    SYRIZA and PASOK proposals for preliminary committee on Tempi-related contract are rejected

    PASOK's proposal was aimed against former Transport & Infrastructure ministers Christos Spirtzis and Kostas Karamanlis, while Syriza's proposal named former ministers Spirtzis, Karamanlis, Kostis Hatzidakis, and Michalis Chrysochoidis.

    SYRIZA and PASOK proposals for preliminary committee on Tempi-related contract are rejected
  • FM Gerapetritis: ‘We welcome the Cooperation Council with Turkiye ‘with knowledge and seriousness’

    FM Gerapetritis: 'We welcome the Cooperation Council with Turkiye 'with knowledge and seriousness'

    Greece "is well prepared for every diplomatic outcome," he says, adding that "only when conditions mature will we be prepared to discuss our single difference that could be brought before international jurisdiction, that of the delimitation of the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone."

    FM Gerapetritis: ‘We welcome the Cooperation Council with Turkiye ‘with knowledge and seriousness’
  • Nadal, Sakkari Headlines Tennis Plays For Peace Charity Event

    Nadal, Sakkari Headlines Tennis Plays For Peace Charity Event

    We look forward to a spectacular night of tennis and entertainment and a wonderful opportunity to come together and raise much-needed funds.”

    Nadal, Sakkari Headlines Tennis Plays For Peace Charity Event
  • Greeks returned to theatres and concerts in a HUGE way in 2022

    Greeks returned to theatres and concerts in a HUGE way in 2022

    The survey of state-municipal theatres and orchestras is an annual census survey. The data collected relate to the type of show (ancient, classical and modern drama, comedy, opera, concert, etc.) and the number of works, performances and spectators per type of show in state and municipal theatres and orchestras.

    Greeks returned to theatres and concerts in a HUGE way in 2022
  • Former fire chief opens cycle of defendants’ testimonies at trial for Mati tragedy

    Former fire chief opens cycle of defendants' testimonies at trial for Mati tragedy

    A total of 104 people died at the fire or as a result of it and 164 injured after a wildfire spread through the densely populated coastal town of Mati. The court case began after a report was released in 2019 pointing out operational mistakes of the then government. Charges were read to officials including then regional governor of Attica Rena Dourou, who was present at Friday's proceedings.

    Former fire chief opens cycle of defendants’ testimonies at trial for Mati tragedy
  • Mass resignations from SYRIZA ‘an undemocratic stance’, Political Secretariat charges

    Mass resignations from SYRIZA 'an undemocratic stance', Political Secretariat charges

    The main opposition party's body also accused the deserters of "violating the double mandate of leftist, progressive citizens, as expressed in recent parliamentary elections: the mandate to reconstruct Syriza-PA in order that it may become again the vehicle of expectations anad hopes of the great majority of the Greek people, acquire a deeper footing in society, listen carefully to citizens, and become a ruling left once again."

    Mass resignations from SYRIZA ‘an undemocratic stance’, Political Secretariat charges
  • PM Mitsotakis: Port infrastructure in Greece undergoing major revamp

    PM Mitsotakis: Port infrastructure in Greece undergoing major revamp

    "We are making significant progress at the port of Agios Konstantinos as part of a large developmental mosaic that concerns our port infrastructure," the Greek premier said.

    PM Mitsotakis: Port infrastructure in Greece undergoing major revamp