Greece

Black Friday hype has engulfed Greek consumers eager to take advantage of the sales offered by retailers. Introduced to Greek consumers in 2015, with mostly electronics stores entering the bandwagon, three years later it has turned to an event for...

Greek consumers participated more in this year's Black Friday sales than last year, but spent small sums in retail products; a survey by the Marketing Laboratory (MarLab) of the University of Macedonia showed on Sunday. The survey; which aimed at...

Online sales on Black Friday 2017 surpassed all expectations worldwide, according to data provided by shopping platform Picodi. On 24 November 2017, consumer activity grew by 624% compared to an average day. Last year the increase was 619%. According to Picodi,...

Thousands of Greeks formed long queues from the early hours of Friday morning to take advantage of the discounts offered by retailers, on Black Friday. Shoppers in Athens, Thessaloniki and other major towns showed particular preference to electronic stores. At a...

Black Friday fever has taken hold of many Greek consumers this week, but even a knee jerk research in sales presented as "Black Friday offers" negates the hype. Black Friday was widely introduced to Greek consumers in 2015 with mostly...

Shopping malls such as River West and Athens Metro Mall, discount malls such as McArthur Glen and Smart Park, IT stores Public and Plaisio, Germanos, Media Markt, furniture group ENTOS, Jysk, Folli Follie, GAP, Marks & Spencer and several...

Although Greeks already feared Tuesday the 13th as a day marred by misfortune, the Anglo-Saxon culture that has heavily influenced the country through movies, television, and the internet in the past decades has brought Friday the 13th to the...

European heads of states and governments met in Brussels on Friday in a summit which was to address a range of issues, from fishery rights and Brexit talks to measures to deal with the coronavirus. However, at the urging of...

The Ionian islands Kefalonia, Ithaca and Zakynthos found themselves in the vortex of the severe weather system "Ianos" during Thursday night, with power outages in several areas due to the strong winds and fallen trees it brought with it. The...

Arriving at the crucial European Council taking place in Brussels, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke to reporters about his party's recent election victory, as well as immigration and the economy. ''Neither Greece nor Europe can be blackmailed by Turkey,'' Mitsotakis...

Greece’s Electricity Distribution Network Operator (DEDDIE) sent a clear warning on Friday that Greece's largest island, Crete, will experience power blackouts in the summer unless special measures are taken. DEDDIE sent an open letter to the Public Power Corporation, the...

The continuous rainfall and strong winds that started on Friday evening across Greece caused blackouts in areas in Attica due to damages in the Laurion power station. Other areas that were hit hard by the stormy weather were Crete, Peloponnese,...

Many areas in central Crete continue to be without electricity on Friday as a fire engulfed a main power plant near Heraklion. Television footage shows black smoke coming out of the plant at Linoperasmata. Firefighters are battling to contain the...

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the West interfered in the domestic affairs of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), bribing and blackmailing lawmakers to approve the Prespa accord with Greece. In an interview with the Greek daily Efimerida...

The blackout which called a halt to most activities in Rhodes on Friday morning ended with the Public Power Corporation repairing the damage to the plant, and power has been restored to the island. The power supply was interrupted in...