News archive of May 2023

Consumers in Greece still pay significantly more for bread and meat compared to the other countries of the eurozone, as, despite the reduction of inflation, food price hikes continue.

The Single Property Tax (ENFIA) pay slips for over 7 million property and business owners have been posted on the myAADE digital portal for the financial year 2023.

There are encouraging signs of progress in Greek-Turkish relations, according to the German Chancellery's Foreign and Security Policy Adviser Jens Ploetner. Speaking to Kathimerini as he attended the eighth edition of the Delphi Economic Forum, the former German ambassador to Athens stresses that Berlin is ready to facilitate bilateral contacts "if so wished by the parties."

BRUSSELS - A declaration on missing persons was adopted at a meeting between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Pristina's PM Albin Kurti in a new round of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue in Brussels on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to ban the far-right National Party-Greeks from participating in the country's upcoming general election, upholding legal amendments approved by lawmakers.

PAOK Chairman Ivan Savvidis was acquitted on appeal by a Thessaloniki court for his pitch invasion during the Greek Super League fixture between PAOK and AEK Athens in March 2018, but received an eight-month suspended sentence after being found guilty for the weapon he had on him.

BRUSSELS - A new round of the EU-facilitated Belgrade-Pristina dialogue began in Brussels on Tuesday evening.

The meeting began shortly after 6 pm, with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Pristina's PM Albin Kurti expected to discuss a statute of a Community of Serb Municipalities and a declaration on missing persons.

The deadline of binding offers for Attiki Odos, the motorway that runs around Athens, has been extended to July 10, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund has said.

The binding offers are part of the tender process for the award of a services concession agreement in relation to financing, operation, maintenance and exploitation of the motorway, HRADF said.

WASHINGTON - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis, will be able to compete at the US Open this year after the US government announced on Monday it would lift all COVID-19 vaccination requirements for international travellers on May 11, when a coronavirus emergency in the country is set to end, Reuters has reported.

WASHINGTON - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis, will be able to compete at the US Open this year after the US government announced on Monday it would lift all COVID-19 vaccination requirements for international travellers on May 11, when a coronavirus emergency in the country is set to end, Reuters has reported.