News archive of January 2023

A huge feat of the Serbian tennis player, one of the biggest in his career in which he has already broken all possible and impossible records.
Jubilee 10th in Melbourne, which brought him back to the top of the ATP ranking. From Monday, he will begin his 374th week at the head of the caravan.

Tax exemptions and allowances are set to come under scrutiny, as the current system operates with little to no social criteria, with the result that economically strong social groups and tax evaders are favored.

Childhood drawings done by his son, a manga-style video by French multidisciplinary creative collective Sagans, a collage of global protests and movements inside the head of Yannis Markopoulos, five women from Africa dancing in slow motion: These are the images the celebrated Greek composer's songs evoked for photographer Christos Sarris, head of the creative department at the Onassis Cultural

Stefanos Tsitsipas succumbed on Sunday to a superior Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open final, going down in straight sets, though two of them were lost for the Greek in the tie break.

Are handouts a bad thing? It depends. Suppose we have a country where there is an archipelago of very small businesses, some of which survive through tax and social security evasion.

Fitch Ratings upgraded Greece's credit rating to BB+ with a stable outlook on Friday, taking it to within one step of investment grade.

The upgrade reflects the country's improved fiscal outlook, reduced risks in the banking sector, structural momentum, macroeconomic outlook and the acquired speed of reforms, deceleration of inflation and stable funding costs.

A group of about 50 far-right activists, their faces covered with black masks and carrying clubs, entered Syntagma metro station Sunday afternoon and started shouting anti-migrant slogans.

Many commuters exited the station, afraid violence would erupt.

Italian virtuoso violinist Domenico Nordio and his partner on the piano, Orazio Sciortino, are performing at the Athens Concert Hall (megaron.gr) for a single night on February 1.

Greek companies engaged in international activities will benefit from a new 200-million-euro trade finance partnership between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and HSBC Bank Plc, it was announced in Athens on Thursday, in the presence of Deputy Minister of Development and Investment Yiannis Tsakiris.

Greece's potential fossil fuels deposits may amount to 3.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), according to an estimate presented by the Hellenic Hydrocarbons and Energy Sources Management Company (HEREMA) at an event to announce its new company identity and the expansion of its activities to offshore wind and the storage of natural gas and carbon dioxide.