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Trio Mandili | Athens | September 21
The Georgian musical group Trio Mandili returns to Athens on September 21 for a concert at the Arch Club (111 Konstantinoupoleos).
ATHEX: Mixed day with plenty of action
The rebalancing of the FTSE indexes injected fresh interest into the Greek stock market on Monday, with turnover rising and more than 90% of it concerning blue chips.
Great scope for payments to professionals via IRIS
The service is activated via web or mobile banking and ensures payments with a lower commission than with cards.
Protoje | Athens | November 8
Protoje, one of the most acclaimed reggae artists of the last 15 years, will make his Athens debut on November 8 at the Arch Club (111 Konstantinoupoleos).
The battle of VAT
The data indicates that VAT evasion has been halved. The systematic expansion of electronic transactions, despite some resistance, has significantly curtailed clandestine activities.
Mitsotakis to meet with Erdogan on the sidelines of UN General Assembly
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will travel to New York on Saturday to participate in the 79th UN General Assembly, where he is also expected to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The brakes are off
When, on October 7, Hamas chose to make what could have been a daring military act of resistance into a spectacular display of civilian slaughter, it was clear that its plan was to blast open the gates of hell.
Tentoglou in running for European Athlete of the Year title
Greek long jump athlete Miltiadis Tentoglou has been named as one of the 10 nominees for this year’s European Athlete of the Year.
Online systems cut VAT gap
Card use, interconnection of tills with POS and e-bookkeeping have reduced tax evasion.
Coast guard vessel enters Turkish waters during pursuit of migrant smugglers
A Hellenic Coast Guard patrol vessel entered Turkish waters on Friday morning during the pursuit of a speedboat allegedly involved in migrant smuggling.
Police nab couple who defrauded elderly
Police in Athens have arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of defrauding a 95-year-old woman of 1,300 euros by claiming they were accountants.
Former defense minister acquitted in bribery and money laundering case
Former Defense Minister Giannos Papantoniou and his two co-defendants were unanimously acquitted by the Court of Appeals on Friday due to lack of evidence in a money laundering case linked to alleged bribery.
Woman facing charges for speaking fake news over made-up Roma assault
A 57-year-old Cretan woman is facing charges for spreading fake news after being found to have falsely claimed that two Roma men had tried to abduct her at knifepoint.
Bulgaria denies links to exploding pagers in Lebanon
Authorities in Bulgaria have denied involvement in the supply chain of thousands of pagers that detonated on Tuesday in Lebanon in a deadly blow to Hezbollah.
Greek-born Alaska man charged with threatening to kill Supreme Court justices
A Greek-born Alaska man accused of sending graphic threats to injure and kill six Supreme Court justices and some of their family members has been indicted on federal charges, authorities said Thursday.
SYRIZA MP submits resignation after controversial post, leadership declines to accept
Prominent SYRIZA MP Elena Akrita submitted her resignation on Friday following backlash over a controversial Facebook post. However, her resignation was not accepted by the head of the SYRIZA parliamentary group, Nikos Pappas.
Turkey’s growing footprint in Africa
Ulf Laessing, the head of the Sahel program at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation, joins Thanos Davelis to look at how Turkey’s influence in Africa has boomed over the past two decades, particularly in the Sahel. Turkey’s focus on Africa comes as a number of so-called “middle powers” are also vying to gain a larger foothold on the continent.
Jump in demand for new offices
Over 200,000 square meters of new office buildings are currently being developed in Athens’ real estate market.
Revenue from tourism down 4.2% in July
Tourism receipts posted a 4.2% decline in July from the same month last year, even though arrivals increased by 4.1% year-on-year.