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Greece Announces Limited Reopening for Christmas

The Greek government announced on Friday a set of measures for the reopening of some businesses in the retail sector for Christmas sales. It also noted that churches may also reopen -- but only for Christmas and Epiphany Day. The...

Extended Shop Opening Hours for Christmas

The Hellenic Retail Business Association announced on Monday, the opening hours for stores over the Christmas holidays, starting on December 15; and returning to regular working winters hours on January 3. According to the announcement, the shops will be open...

Athens: Greek-Australian Attacked by Hooded Men for Shopping on a Sunday

On Sunday new protests against shops opening on Sundays occurred in Greece's capital by unionists and employees. Following the end of one of the protests on Sunday, a Greek-Australian tourist was attacked in Athens by four hooded men for...

New Law on Sunday Shopping in Greece Comes into Effect

Economy Minister, Dimitris Papadimitriou, signed the new law that allows the voluntary operation of shops on Sundays. The new law 4427/2017 allows for retail stores in central Athens, Thessaloniki and tourist areas to be open on Sundays for six months...

Athens Retailers Reluctant to Open Stores on Sundays, Despite New Law

Athens retailers are reluctant to open their stores on Sundays, despite the fact that they can do so after the law that went into effect on May 21. The new law 4427/2017 allows for retail stores in central Athens and...

Greek Shops Οpen for Mid-season Sales Sunday, Amid Protests

Most shops in central Athens, Greece , were open on Sunday, under laws allowing Sunday opening during the mid-season sales, despite reactions on the part of the Federation of Private Employees of Greece against the measure and demonstrations organized...

Greek Retailers Announce that Shops will Open this Sunday

On Sunday, December 14, shops nationwide will open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., according to an announcement on Thursday by the Hellenic Retail Business Association (SELPE). The Federation of private sector employees, which opposes Sunday opening in the...

Strike in Retail Sector Planned this Sunday in Greece

The Federation of Private Employees (OIYE) has called for a nationwide strike in the retail sector on Sunday, July 20, in protest against the opening of stores on Sundays. The Federation called on associations, labor unions and sector employees to participate in...

Tension on First 'Open Store Sunday' in Athens and Thessaloniki

Stores will be open in several tourist areas across Greece on Sundays, following a controversial government decision allowing stores to remain open all 52 Sundays, especially in large cities and tourist areas, as part of a pilot program. The city centers...

Strike Called for Mid-Season Sales' Sunday Opening

The Federation of Private Employees (OIYE) has called a 24-hour strike on May 4 for retail workers in protest at shops opening on the first Sunday of the mid-season sales period in Greece. They have also planned a protest outside Athens...

Shop Staff and Police Clash in Athens Over Sunday Opening

Clashes occurred in Athens today when police tried to evict a gathering of shop workers protesting Sunday opening hours. One protesters was injured in the incident, which occured on Ermou, a pedestrian street where protesters with banners gathered outside stores. Some 300 retail employees participated in the...

Reactions On First Sunday Opening of Stores

The first “experiment” of Sunday shops opening that took place on Sunday the 3rd of November was proven successful, as the movement in many chain stores and supermarkets in Athens and Piraeus show consumers responded well to the opening...

Poor Reception from Greek Retailers for the Operation of Stores on Sunday

The development ministry's announcement that a measure allowing small and medium-sized shops in Greece to open up to seven Sundays per year, to start on November 3 with the inauguration of the new law, met with a poor reception...

More Sunday Openings for Greek Stores

Facing a bleak Christmas and holiday period as workers await more pay cuts and tax hikes, Greek retailers will be allowed to open on two Sundays – Dec. 23 and Dec. 30 – and next year will have four...

Greeks Called Upon to Pay €4.5 Bln in New Austerity Measures

Greek taxpayers and pensioners are called upon to pay over 4.5 billion euros after the reduction of the tax-free income and pension cuts in order for the government to close bailout program review. Specifically, the lowering of the tax-free threshold...