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Microsoft plans $1 billion data centre venture in Greece

Greece recently emerged from a years-long financial crisis but its economy has been hard hit by the pandemic, suffering a 15.2% drop in output on the year in the second quarter

1 min read5 Oct 2020
Money

Mint Globetrotter Index: Take a trip to Athens

The Mint Globetrotter index compares the cost of 25 essential travel spends for 50 cities across regionsHere, Mint Money will list these 25 spends for a city and compare it with Delhi

1 min read11 Feb 2020
Lounge

The speaking walls of Athens

A theatre of political unrest and struggle is scripted as street art on walls throughout the Greek capitalIn fact, it is very difficult to find an empty wall to spray-paint a graffiti nowadays, says Barpakis, a street artist

8 min read31 Mar 2019
News

Earthquake of 4.6 magnitude rattles Athens

The tremblor was recorded west of Athens at 0402 GMT in the Corinthian Gulf, with assessments giving it a focal depth of 5 kilometres, the National Observatory of Athens said

1 min read31 Dec 2017
Market

Greece to return to bond market after three-year hiatus

Greece will return to the bond market after a three-year hiatus, banking on investor interest in its recovery story

1 min read24 Jul 2017
Science

Archaeologists go high tech to unearth 2,500-year-old Greek cold case

Archaeologists believe they have unearthed the mass grave of Cylon's army in Phaleron that tried to enter the city and lay siege to the Acropolis but were defeated and executed 2,500-year ago

3 min read15 Jul 2017
News

Former Greek PM Lucas Papademos injured in car blast

Greece's former prime minister Lucas Papademos was injured when an explosive device hidden in an envelope detonated inside his car

1 min read25 May 2017
News

Greece adopts controversial reforms ahead of Eurogroup talks

Greece lawmakers adopt a controversial package of pension cuts and tax hikes as euro zone finance ministers geared up for an emergency meeting

2 min read9 May 2016
News

Greek farmers clash with police during mass protest in Athens

The farmers are angry about the government plans to increase social security contributions, double income tax, and scrap benefits such as cheaper fuel

3 min read12 Feb 2016
Money

Greece’s stocks tumble 23% in first day of trading after shutdown

Piraeus Bank SA and National Bank of Greece SA sank 30%

2 min read3 Aug 2015
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