Quality

The number of inspections carried out by the Athens municipal police on establishments to determine whether they are enforcing a ban on smoking in public places tripled in the first half of this year compared to last year, figures showed on Tuesday. 

This morning, an anonymous blast signal closed the Plovdiv Court of Justice for about an hour. The signal is telephoned 112 at around 7.45 hours. The area has been cleansed and secured and a thorough check has been undertaken, BNT reported.

To become a champion in a sport means achieving excellence. There is no shortcut to glory. 

And the Greek athletes who made such an impressive impact at the multi-sport European Championships in recent days - as well as those who put in the effort but didn't manage to win anything - know all too well that excellence cannot be achieved without the necessary dedication and effort. 

A well-known entertainment venue on Mykonos rushed to pay four million euros in overdue taxes on Sunday, after inspectors launched a tax-evasion crackdown on the upscale tourism island.

Almost sixty officials are involved in the four-day operation, which has been codenamed "Trident" because of the three-pronged focus of its inspections.

Attica fire victims will be able to submit their applications to receive a lump sum of 5,000 euros in aid on Tuesday, according to Infrastructure Minister Christos Spirtzis.

"We have a safe estimate today on the damages sustained by buildings, as the inspections have been completed," Spirtzis said on Saturday.

Almost 2,500 inspections conducted on Tuesday and Wednesday found that half of all the buildings that were damaged by Monday's deadly fire in east Attica are unfit for use.

More specifically, 1,281 (49.3 percent) have been described as unfit for use, compared to 1,271 (51.07 percent) buildings that are deemed fit for use.

Food and nutrition inspection teams have confiscated and destroyed 2.3 tonnes of tomatoes that were unfit for consumption, authorities said Thursday.

Authorities said that after carrying out a sample examination of the shipment, which was located in Piraeus south of Athens, experts found signs of deterioration.

Setting up a company will be done automatically or will only take two days at the longest as of July 22, according to a joint ministerial decision determining the mode of operation and the stamp duties at the one-stop shops for establishing an enterprise.

The prosecutor's office in Burgas has ordered the inspection after journalist publications about the violence against children in a kindergarten on the part of an educator, the state indictment announced.

The sale of 21 tonnes of meat that is unfit for human consumption has been stopped, the National Revenue Agency (NRA) said.