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The Environment and Energy Ministry has approved the environmental impact study for a new entertainment and hospitality hub in Maroussi, northern Athens, according to a decision published on Monday.

Telecommunications firm OTE appears to have undertaken an initiative that will serve to increase the penetration of fiber-optic internet connections to the home (FTTH), having submitted the relevant proposal for approval to the National Telecommunications & Posts Commission (EETT).

German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom has given a vote of confidence in the Greek economy and its prospects.

As pointed out by Dominique Leroy, the member of Telekom's Board of Directors responsible for Europe, during a meeting with Greek reporters at this year's MWC in Barcelona, Telekom continues to steadily invest in Greece and its prospects through OTE Group.

A phone call warning of a bomb on the premises of the Greek Parliament proved to be a hoax.

Authorities had closed the streets around Parliament, in central Athens, shortly after a woman called TV station Ant1 at 6.30 p.m. Saturday warning that the bomb would explode at 7.15 p.m.

Traffic resumed opened shortly after 7.30 p.m., police said.

The famous Dutch maestro and violinist who stirs up the crowds with his temperament, is coming to Athens for the first time for two performances at the OAKA Indoor Stadium.

A traffic policeman who became an Athenian icon for the cool and efficient manner with which he saw motorists in the capital's northern suburbs through some of the most nightmarish traffic snarls of the late 1980s and through the 1990s has died, according to a social media post on Tuesday.

The strong rains and winds across several parts of Greece felled trees and caused power outages.

Among the hardest hit areas were some of Athens' northern suburbs.

In the municipality of Filothei-Psychiko more than 40 trees were toppled and some streets remain closed to traffic, state broadcaster ERT reported.

More than 20 business deals were closed in 2023 in the food and beverage sector in Greece, a sector that was once again dominated by strong mobility. Moreover, a number agreements were launched in 2023 that are expected to be closed in 2024.

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (OTE) CEO and Chairman of the Board Michael Tsamaz, its longest-serving director, will be leaving the company when his contract expires at the end of June 2024, the company announced on Thursday.

Listed telecom OTE on Thursday announced an increase in profitability, FTTH subscribers, as well as TV and mobile contract customers, for the third quarter of 2023.

However, it announced a drop in group EBITDA due to weaker business in Romania.

OTE's consolidated revenues were down 2.6% in the third quarter of 2023 to 881 million euros.