A few days before Greece emerges from the political lull of August, the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) is rapidly becoming the focal point of a high-stakes autumn. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to unveil a sweeping relief package aimed at easing the cost-of-living crisis, which has proved a source of concern and frustration for voters throughout the last few years.
The European Union struck a trade deal that protected political priorities, like chicken and beef standards, while allowing headline-grabbing concessions. Consider lobsters.
Billy Long, a former Republican congressman, will no longer serve as the tax agency’s head. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will oversee the agency as acting commissioner.
The US president, Donald Trump, signed an executive order on August 5 to set up a government taskforce to manage the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. During the White House announcement, Trump said: “We’ll do anything necessary to keep the Olympics safe, including using our National Guard or military.”
Donald Trump’s new international trade tariffs have landed. Some are lower than others, some deals have been done, but overall they are the highest they have been in 100 years.
They are also unprecedented in the era of the rules-based trade system that has been in place since 1945.
The Trump administration levied a hefty tariff on goods that are moved through other countries, but it has not yet fully explained its plans.
Isador Lubin, chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, presents data to a Senate committee in 1937. Library of CongressMany financial and political analysts are trying to assess the impact of President Donald Trump’s decision to fire U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Aug.
Studio Nut/ShutterstockBaby food pouches came under scrutiny earlier this year, following a report from the University of Leeds and consumer group Which?.
Vehicles going into circulation for the first time rose by 2.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) in July, after an increase of 13.4 percent in June, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Friday.
Greece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) returned to growth in June with 0.5 percent year-on-year (YoY) rise, after a fall of 2 percent in the previous month, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Friday.
