With the electoral dilemma "forwards or backwards", with the admission that the west of Thessaloniki has not always had "the necessary attention from the state" but also with the... mute but deep concern of the New Democracy party about dangers from its right in areas of Macedonia, Kyriakos Mitsotakis was found in Western Thessaloniki.
Faced with a fluid environment of emerging risks and external challenges, Greek CEOs are called upon to demonstrate adaptability in order to safely and stably guide their businesses.
Greek construction and media magnate Giorgos Bobolas passed away on Tuesday at the age of 95.
Food prices continue to rally at high rates, causing great concern to consumers who "see" their incomes decrease. As the data released yesterday by the Hellenic Statistical Authority-ELSTAT showed, food inflation is more than three times higher than the increase in the general consumer price index. The situation has become unbearable in recent months, as the index in the group "food and non-alcoholic beverages" from 13.5% in September reached 14.8% in October 2022, touched 15% in November, and peaked at 15.5% in December, while in January it was at 15.4%. In February it "fell" a bit to 14.8% to be end up in March at 14.3%. Of course, it is worth noting that this imperceptible de-escalation does not mean anything to consumers, as these are large price increases, which come to be added to the previous ones.
The recovery of the investment grade in 2023 is looming on the horizon, even if it is still too early for safe conclusions. The achievement of an almost balanced budget in 2022 also works in this direction. The initial estimates spoke of a primary deficit of 1.6%, however it seems that the better course of the budget - due to inflation which brought much more revenue to the state but not to citizens – leads to an almost zero deficit last year, something that the political leadership of the Ministry of Finance has also mentioned.
Israel’s defense ministry on Monday confirmed an agreement to sell Greece with the Spike Nlos multi-purpose missile system, following several delays and the near-collapse of the deal.
A 4.4-magnitude earthquake, classified as "weak", was recorded at 01:36 in the sea area 43 km south-southeast of Zakros, in eastern Crete (434 km south-east of the capital), announced the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of of Athens.
Advice from the Fire Dept. on what to do in the event of an earthquake, both during and after it.
Coastal shipping is in danger of running out of seafarers as there is a shortage of mainly lower level crews, according to the coastal shippers.
Tax evasion and avoidance remains an “open sore” plaguing the country’s economy and state finances, Bank of Greece (BoG) Gov. Yannis Stournaras again warned on Monday.
Forecasts for another record-breaking season in Greece’s all-important tourism sector in 2023 have expectedly increased demand for employees but also revealed that roughly 80,000 positions – by conservative estimates – remain vacant.
Without having planned the evening keynote address to a party audience, with which he usually concludes his same-day tours, Kyriakos Mitsotakis is going to Thessaloniki today, having already revealed that he will be a candidate there as well. Otherwise, the visit to the western neighborhoods of Thessaloniki includes everything that was originally planned a month ago.
The recording of the oral history of the Greeks of Australia and the creation of an extensive archive is the subject of the Memorandum of Cooperation, which was co-signed by the Minister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni and the Archbishop of Australia, Mr. Blissful.
The Bank of Greece revised upwards its forecasts for Greek economic growth this year. Yannis Stournaras, the central bank's governor, presenting the bank's annual report, said that the Greek economy will grow by 2.2% in 2023 and the inflation rate will fall to 4.4%. The state budget is expected to record a primary surplus of 0.7%.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis proposed on Friday that a company wanting to participate in the programmes of the Hellenic Development Bank (HDB) should give a percentage of its shares, even if only a small one, to its employees.