Greek News in English
Ραντεβού | Appointment
Aegean Airlines hosts open recruitment for aspiring cabin crew in Athens
Aegean Airlines is looking to hire new cabin crew members, hosting open recruitment days on Friday and Saturday at the Electra Metropolis Athens Hotel.
EduTech Summit & Expo at Zappeion
The EduTech Summit & Expo, focusing on educational technologies, is taking place on Friday and Saturday at the Zappeion in central Athens.
Shifting sands
On March 29, the last day of Ramadan, at the Grand Camlica Mosque in the Uskudar district on the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed the faithful and expressed a wish.
Slide in polls inflames tensions within parties
The ruling conservative New Democracy and the left-of-center PASOK and SYRIZA face similar challenges.
Impact of Trump tariffs on shipping
Three out of 10 Greek-owned commercial vessels are expected to be charged at least $1 million for each call at a US port from mid-year onward.
ATHEX: Biggest daily drop in over five years
The perfect storm in the global money markets has hit the Greek bourse hard.
PPC plans to add extra activities
Public Power Corporation is planning to add new activities, as part of the its new business plan inside and outside Greece.
Kifissia residents fight back against overdevelopment
In just one year, over 3,000 trees were cut in the northern Athens suburb of Kifissia, according to official data – not including those felled illegally or under cover of night.
Wage increases with a plan
After the terrible internal devaluation that the Greek economy and society suffered during the decade of the country’s debt crisis, the priority can only be to restore incomes.
EU Commission proposes 25% counter-tariffs on some US imports, document shows
The European Commission proposed counter-tariffs of 25% on a range of US goods on Monday in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminium, a document seen by Reuters showed.
Athens urges residents to hold trash due to Wednesday strike
The City of Athens on Monday urged residents and business owners not to take out their trash on Wednesday due to a 24-hour general strike that will suspend regular garbage collection.
A relationship that’s here to stay
The Greek-Israeli relationship has grown strong and deep with time. It is not affected by changes in the government in Greece, nor by events in the Middle East – and this is crucial.
Ditz | Athens | April 10
Brighton’s experimental hardcore and post-punk band Ditz are set to make their Athens debut with a performance at the Arch Club (111 Konstantinoupoleos) on April 10.
Man arrested at Athens airport for stealing luggage
Police arrested a 43-year-old foreign national at Athens International Airport on Sunday night for allegedly stealing passenger suitcases.
Greek stocks could regain coveted ‘developed market’ badge
Greek equities could regain the coveted developed market status by index provider FTSE Russell this week – a key step on the country’s return to normalcy and a move that could spur millions of dollars in inflows.
IMF praises Greek economy’s momentum, warns of inflation risks
The International Monetary Fund has lauded Greece’s robust economic recovery and the strengthened resilience of its banking sector, while cautioning that inflationary pressures, particularly from rising wages and service sector prices, remain a concern.
Diversions in place on Athens-Corinth motorway Wednesday due to maintenance work
Athens-bound traffic on the Athens-Corinth motorway will be disrupted near Kakia Skala between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9, to allow maintenance and rock protection works to be carried out.
Trump’s big, not so beautiful, tariff wall
Globalization helped make the United States the most prosperous nation in history. But lots of Americans didn’t feel that way, and accordingly voted to “liberate” themselves from it last November. Donald Trump is now delivering for them – and the consequences will reverberate across the globe.
EU prioritizes talks with US to get Trump’s tariffs removed
European Union ministers broadly agreed on Monday that the bloc should prioritize negotiations to remove tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump over retaliation even as it prepared a first set of targeted countermeasures.