Greek annual inflation rate slowed to 3% in April, from 4.6% in March and 10.2% in April last year, reflecting almost exclusively a rapid fall in energy prices. However, prices in food and food items grew 11.4% in the same month, Greek Statistics Authority ELSTAT said on Wednesday. Price Increases …
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Athens trolley buses on 5h work stoppage on April 20
Trolley buses in Athens will not run for five hours on Thursday, April 20, 2023, their union said in a statement. The work stoppage will be between 11:00 a.m. and 04:00 p.m. Trolley buses will start withdrawing from operation as of 10:00 a.m., while they are expected to have fully …
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Energy Ministry reduces electricity subsidy to €15/MWh
Greece’s Energy Minister announced on Friday the electricity subsidy for the month of April, that is ridiculously decreased to 15 euros per MWh. The minimum rate charged for electricity in April will fall below 9 cents per kilowatt hour based on the subsidies for next month, Environment and Energy Minister …
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Greek Gov’t to double subsidy for natural gas in April
The state subsidy for the bills of natural gas for households and businesses will double in April when compared to the subsidies in March, the Energy Ministry announced on Tuesday. The subsidy will reach 40 euros per thermal MWh from 20 euros a month earlier. Environment and Energy Minister Kostas …
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Greece extends international travel Covid-directive until beginning of April
Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority has extended the current air directive (notam) for international travelers citing reasons of limiting the spread of the coronavirus. According to the new directive issued on Sunday, the current measures will be extended until Monday, April 4, 2022. The extension provides, among others, measures such the …
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Greece to introduce Covid-19 self-tests from April, mandatory for specific sectors
Individual self-tests for Covid-19 will be one of the major tools that will help the restart of the economy and reopening of schools in Greece, health authorities said on Friday. The tests will be available form April and will be mandatory for workers at specific sectors once per week. Mandatory …
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Half Greece wakes up in the middle of a snow landscape (picts, video)
What if April nears its end… Half Greece woke up in the middle of a snow landscape on Thursday, April 23, 2020. As meteorologists have forecast, the barometric low brought not only rainfalls but also snow, locally dense. In the mountainous areas of Karditsa, south-west Macedonia, snow started to fall …
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Frontex: Number of migrants arriving in Greece dropped 90% in April, just 2,700 arrivals
The number of migrants arriving in Greece dropped 90 percent in April, EU border agency Frontex said on Friday, in a sign that a deal with Turkey to send back those who make the sea journey between the two countries is working. “Fewer than 2,700 people arrived in Greece in …
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Eurogroup: Did Schaeuble trade “at least 50K refugees in Greece” for “debt relief discussion”?
Remember when we used to have these old record players and sometimes there was a problem with the needle and it would get stuck? The Eurogroup seems to have the same problem. Its needle sticks and it repeats the same thing again and again. After the meeting today, in his …
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IMF Lagarde: “I got my money” from Greece – It’s not your money, babydoll!
Managing director of International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde confirmed that Greece paid the €450-million euro tranche on Thursday. “Greece paid the installment for April,” she said after a speech she held somewhere in Washington. “I collected my money,” Lagarde said characteristically. It’s not YOUR money, babydoll!
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