Europe Greece The average 'basket' for the Greek Orthodox Easter feast 2022, falling today, will cost €45,34, 9% more than in 2021, for two people shopping at one of the country's big supermarket chains - not including the cost of the traditional lamb or goat
Europe Greece Hellenic Hydrocarbon Resources Management will talk to Greek and foreign investors who have been awarded natural gas exploration rights in northwestern Greece and the west and southwest of the island of Crete to speed up exploration and exploitation
Europe Greece Ministry of Energy and Environment is planning to double lignite production and revise its plan to retire plants, as the plan to ensure regular electricity supply involves its production as one of its main pillars in case of a disruption in gas flows
Europe Greece The Athens metro and tram operator, STASY, has announced changes to its usual service due to the military and student parades that will take place on Thursday and Friday, on the occasion of Greek Independence Day on 25 March
Europe Greece Avion Group - a Dutch full flight simulator manufacturer - has unveiled Koropi as the location of its newest training centre in Greece; it will feature the Avion A320 Level D full flight simulator, the only one of its kind in the country
Europe Greece The government has sent a letter to the Vice-Presidents of the EC, the Economy Commissioner, the Energy Commissioner and several other politicians with specific proposals to address the international energy crisis as a result of the Ukrainian conflict
Europe Greece The Ministry of Environment and Energy has ordered a temporary halt to seismic surveys in the northern Ionian Sea amid concerns that the activity is responsible for the recent beaching of three Cuvier's beaked whales on the coast of the island of Corfu
Europe Greece About 43.000 tonnes of plastic packaging are neither landfilled nor recycled in the country every year according to a study by the think tank IOBE; for the low recycling rate of plastic packaging, about 127 million will have to be paid to the EU
Europe Greece The country plans to repay more than 7 billion euros in loans from the International Monetary Fund and eurozone partners over the next two months, paying off the rest of the IMF funds it had borrowed to avoid bankruptcy during the financial crisis
Europe Greece All kindergartens, nursery schools and schools throughout Attica and the regions affected by the severe snowstorm will be closed for a second day also today; there will be no online classes, because the needed administrative staff will be absent
Europe Greece The Ministry of Labour will seek to lower the youth unemployment rate, which reached 39% in November, the highest in the eurozone, by introducing a subsidised net salary of €570 for the first six months of full-time work for young people aged 18-29
Europe Greece A fragment of the Parthenon frieze, the foot of a Goddess with the drapes of her dress, currently held in a museum in Sicily, Italy, will return to the Acropolis Museum in Athens thanks to a cultural agreement of extraordinary international importance
Europe Greece The government will request funds from the EU to extend a border wall with Turkey and expand a powerful surveillance network to stop illegal migrants; the country recently completed a 26km extension of a steel border wall