Retired policeman shoots man in Ambelokipi
The public prosecutor on Sunday charged a 60-year-old retired policeman accused of killing a man in Ambelokipi last Friday with murder while in a calm mental state, and illegal use of a weapon.
CMEC president in Athens on Monday to sign PPC deal
The president of the China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC), Zhang Chun, will visit Athens on Monday, heading a delegation of senior company executives, for talks with Greece’s power utility PPC and the signing of the strategic partnership agreement in the country and the wider region.
Harvest of Greek saffron starts in Kozani
Farmers in the rural area of Kozani, northern Greece, started harvesting “Krokos”, the local saffron produced by the crocus flower, one of the most important products of the region which have been cultivated for decades.
Hundreds of farmers in the regions of Agia Paraskevi, Kesaria, Ano and Kato Platania Voiou, are found bending over their crops, collecting one-by-one the prized stems of the purple flower.
Papadimoulis on the quest for building on a new growth model for Europe
Greek MEP and vice president of European Parliament Dimitris Papadimoulis underlined in Euroobserver that “in the broader context, the ECB has been called to deal with the eurozone’s catastrophic austerity politics that have almost frozen growth rates below 2% since 2010, weakened macroeconomic indicators, and created a suffocating, unfriendly environment for investments, especially in the European South.