Economic rent

The municipal company "Urban Mobility Center" intends to rent three electric cars for BGN 48,000. The term of the rent is one year, according to the published documentation, a reporter told BGNES.

Although they do not say the main purpose of renting the electric cars, they are likely to be used to promote travel with eco vehicles.

The City of Athens launched a crackdown on heavily indebted cafes, bars and restaurants Thursday by confiscating the tables and chairs of one of the oldest establishments in central Kolonaki which had been placed in public areas.

While property rents continue to decline across the Greek market, leases for commercial properties on Ermou street in dowtown Athens and Metaxa street in the southern suburb of Glyfada are on the rise. According to data released by Propius consultancy firm, which collaborates with Cushman & Wakefield, rent costs were up by 7% at the end of March compared to 2016.

For millennials wanting to travel around the world and experience life in different cities, the affordability of accommodation is a key factor to deciding where to go. A report from RENTCafe.com is just the right resource to exploring the rent costs in the world’s 30 top financial centres for one-bedroom apartments.

Last weekend, the headline of daily Hürriyet should have sent shockwaves to all politicos and business figures. In the most historic shopping malls of all, namely the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, 600 shops have been closed because of an "unspoken" economic crisis. Four decades ago such news toppled a shah in Iran.

Bulgaria "has become a magnet for tech start-ups" since joining the European Union in 2007, Lilia Stoyanov argues on techinasia.com.

"At the begining the main drivers were the much lower wages, if compared to the other EU countries and the US, and the plenty of qualified IT specialists...," the author says.

Artist Danae Stratou, wife of Finance Minister  Yanis Varoufakis states that she was unaware that she had to have a special seal from the National Tourism Organization (EOT) when renting out her property.