The Greek labour market remains deeply distressed, but some improvement is noticeable nonetheless. In June the unemployment rate declined to ...
Welcome, 77 artists, 40 different points of Attica welcomes you by singing Erotokritos an epic romance written at 1713 by Vitsentzos Kornaros
Thursday, September 11, 2014
In Depth: Greek Festival
From good food to music and dancing this weekend it's all Greek at the annual Greek Festival at the State Fair park. Father Paul Christy and Mary ...
Students should reconsider choice to join Greek life
The fact of the matter is, college holds a vast array of experiences you could become involved in. Joining the Greek system is just one potential step.
State Audit Council Blocks Ellinikon Development Project
The privatization and utilization project for former Athens airport Ellinikon is in danger of getting lost in the labyrinth of Greek bureaucracy after the decision of the State Audit Council to temporarily freeze the signing of the contract between the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) and Lamda Development. The State Audit Council ruling blocked the sale of 100% of Ellinikon SA by HRADF on the grounds that rules of transparency, equal treatment and competition had been violated during the tender process. The ruling was issued after the court inspected the draft of the sale contract and the procedure to select the highest bidder in the property’s sale. The Council objected to a change to the tender’s terms in its second stage, compared to the terms in the invitation for expression of interest, and the wording of the conditions that only companies can enter the tender and not individual bidders. Such late changes in the terms of a contract put up for tender are forbidden by both Greek and European law. Also, regarding the condition on bidders, the Council said that there are no reasons to justify such an exclusion. Lamda Development issued a statement saying that it will submit a request for the revocation of the Council’s decision.
Greece: Human rights groups call for stronger LGBT discrimination protections
Human rights groups in Greece are calling for comprehensive discrimination protections as racist and homophobic incidents have rapidly increased in the country. An anti-discrimination bill will be voted on this week, almost three years after it was brought ...
The Editor of the Economist Looks At the World as a “Paranoid Optimist”
NEW YORK – The Hellenic American Bankers Association (HABA) kicked off the community’s fall season of events with a presentation by John Micklethwait, the Editor-in-Chief of The Economist magazine, on the state of the world with a special emphasis on Europe. He also responded to questions about the situation in Greece. When The National Herald […] The post The Editor of the Economist Looks At the World as a “Paranoid Optimist” appeared first on The National Herald.
Greece reopens exchange of state bonds for existing treasury bills
ATHENS, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Greece reopened on Thursday the exchange of three-year and five-year state bonds issued earlier this year for existing ...