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Saturday 30th of September and Sunday 1rst of October 2023 from 11:00 to 23:00 at the Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens, the Vegan Life Festival Athens awaits you with free entry. What will you find at the Vegan Life Festival Athens 2023? Speeches by experts in every scientific field, sportsmen and women as well as people active in the Vegan community Cooking workshops by Vegan chefs and food bloggers Activities for children of all ages Art exhibition and visual events Live music events Speed dating with motto "let's be friends" to help network and strengthen relationships within the community Exhibition of Vegan products and services, food, cosmetics, clothing, ecological items, etc. Organization of the sports competition Greece's strongest human - strongman event by the team of @circus.strongman.experience Swap clothing bazaar and clothing collection in collaboration with @fabricrepublic_gr Food collection for vulnerable social groups in collaboration with @humanitygreece Free, anonymous and quick hiv tests and Hepatitis tests from ref. checkpoint @my.checkpoint Migrant kitchens in collaboration with @greekforumofmigrants Activist groups for animal rights And many more! How can you miss this? Sat. &Sun. , 11:00 - 23:00. Free entrance.   Technopolis City of Athens (Athens, Greece)

September 21-24 and October 28-1 at the Depot in Gazi! Burger Fest, the first and largest food festival in Greece dedicated to burgers, returns for the ninth time for two juicy and tasty four days. More than 15 burger houses, sweet treats and cocktails await us at Amaxostasios from 21-24/9 & 28-01/10 for an experience full of fun activities such as challenges, cook-off battles, games, photo opportunities and as always explosive live musical acts. When: September 21, 2023 - October 1, 2023 THURSDAY 17:00 - 23:59 FRIDAY 17:00 - 23:59 SATURDAY 13:00 - 23:59 SUNDAY 13:00 - 23:59 Tickets: From €6.50   Where? Pireos & Ermou , 10553, Palio Amaksostasio (Old Depot OSY) Phone: +302104270810

Today, like every Wednesday, the supermarket chains participating in the measure - which is entering its 25th week of application - post their updated lists on the e-consumer. As pointed out last week by the Minister of Development, Adonis Georgiadis, for the fourth consecutive week an average decrease of approximately 1% was recorded. “So, we have about a 5% drop in a month on average in the value of the basket. In other words, not only do the prices remain stable, but they also go down" he added. However, food prices in any case and beyond the "household basket" continue to put pressure on consumers as they remain high, with ELSTAT data showing an increase in this category by 14.3% on an annual basis. Dairy products and eggs: (23.1%), Meat (19.8%), Oils and Fats: (17.5%), Bread and Cereals (15.6%) lead the race for price appreciation according to the same figures. It is also recalled that it was deemed necessary by the Ministry of Development to give a three-month extension to the "Household Basket" which will now be valid until June 30. However, in terms of how consumers see the effectiveness of the "basket", according to a survey conducted by the company Rass in collaboration with Netrino and presented at the recent Food Retail Summit 2023, 20.8% answered that it has performed or that has probably paid off. 4.9% answered that "it probably hasn't worked", while 64.8% answered that "it hasn't worked". Finally, 8.3% of the survey participants answered that they do not know the measure.

Commenting, Development and Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis said that for 89.95% of the goods included in the basket, prices have either dropped or stayed unchanged. Moreover, the prices of the household basket in Greek supermarkets remain lower than in France, England, Italy and Spain, according to research by the Research Institute of Consumer Goods Retail (IELKA). Specifically, comparing prices based on data from price comparison platforms in each country, but also on invoices from supermarket chains, prices in France were 18% higher than in Greece, in Britain they were 7% higher, in Spain by 3%, in Italy by 7%, while in Portugal the prices are approximately at the same levels as in Greece. The picture of the results changes significantly if VAT is removed, which is different per country. Comparing the baskets shows that all 6 countries have a more expensive average basket than Greece, France by 26%, the UK by 17%, Italy by 20%, Spain by 11% and Portugal by 2% .

It is recalled that the "household basket", in accordance with current legislation and based on the approval given by the Competition Commission, lasts until March 31st, 2023. As competent sources of the Ministry of Development point out to CNN Greece, probably next week there will be the relevant legislation to extend the measure and then, in view of the Easter season, to create the "Easter basket" in the supermarkets as well as the "godfather's basket" » in game stores. At the same time, today the "household basket" enters its 18th week of application, while correspondingly, the "Lent basket" is applied for the second week, with supermarkets renewing their lists today. What will the "Easter basket" contain The "Easter basket" will essentially take the place of the "Lent basket", a few days before Easter and will be created to meet the needs of consumers when shopping for food for their Easter table. Competent officials of the Ministry of Development note to CNN Greece that this new "basket" is expected to include additional items in the meat category, lamb and goat, as well as tsoureki and chocolate eggs. The "godfather's basket" As far as the "godfather's basket" is concerned, it will work similarly to the one implemented during the Christmas period, in toy stores. The categories of toys it will include are expected to be similar to those in "Santa's basket". At the same time, the candles will also be added for the purchases of the godparents in their christenings. It is recalled that the categories in the "Santa's basket" were: Board / Puzzles, Toys with dolls, dollhouses and other accessories (pretend toys), Baby toys, Action figures, Construction and creation toys (eg brick toys), Vehicles – RC, Electronic toys, Sports toys (e.g. balls, children's basketballs and goals), stuffed animals, and musical toys.

According to what has been announced, the first charter flights will start on March 11th, 2023, and based on the messages arriving from the tourist markets, the season is expected to be particularly dynamic with corresponding benefits for the local economy. The biggest problem that exists and for which efforts are being made to solve it is the lack of employees. "It is estimated that there is a staff shortage in hotel units and tourism businesses of between 3,500 and 5,000 workers," the president of the Labor Center of Rhodes Panagiotis Englesos said, who pointed out that efforts are being made to find staff mainly from Northern Greece. Already the Labor Center in collaboration with the Union of Hoteliers of Rhodes and with the assistance of Labor Centers of Northern Greece are organizing information days. Referring to the issue, the president of the center, Panagiotis Englesos said: "In the next period, the applications for re-employment by the hotel employees will be completed. The picture we have is that the majority of colleagues have applied for re-employment. This means that we will again have a problem with the staffing of hotels and seasonal businesses. Several thousands came every year to our island and especially to southern Rhodes to work in the hotels. Their number had at some point reached about 4,000. This was also the reason why there was a big shortage after the pandemic in our hotels. Due to the pandemic, these people did not come, they were afraid or changed their profession and turned elsewhere to have income. I believe that we will have good results and we will manage to convince our colleagues to come to Rhodes again so that the request submitted by the Hoteliers' Union, but also by other entrepreneurs in our region, to bring thousands of workers from third-world countries does not go ahead and to be employed in the businesses of Rhodes." The Rhodes Hotel Association participates in the seminars with the slogan, "Work in one of the top tourist destinations in the world with the longest season" and its representatives will inform those who attend about the demand for staff of all specialties from our hotels in Rhodes emphasizing that: - The local collective labor agreement with the highest wages in the country will be applied and - Accommodation and food will be provided to the workers. Moreover, the country in general asking for labor to be imported from abroad for tourism and food service employement. Specifically, hospitality employers are asking for the importing of at least 80,000 workers from third-world countries, such as Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Balkans, with the aim of filling vacant positions. According to data from the tourism and food service industries, last season vacancies reached 60,000, with Greece now proceeding with interstate agreements, such as that recently voted on by the Parliament with Egypt, for foreign citizens to come to Greece for the purpose of employment in the agricultural sector. In total, it is estimated that more than 100,000 workers from other countries could come to Greece and fill job vacancies at hotels, in specific positions at food service companies (in the kitchens), in reception areas, as waiters, as well as vacancies in positions such as outdoor laborers. With the domestic economy having overcome the pandemic, the number of Greek companies looking for workers is increasing, but they are facing great difficulty in finding the right staff. These are businesses that operate primarily in hospitality, retail, IT or the agricultural sector. In fact, according to analysts, this is neither a new nor a uniquely Greek phenomenon. Therefore employers are asking the Hellenic Labor Ministry for approval to bring workers to Greece for the summer. Workers’ representatives have protested strongly, arguing that 80,000 foreign workers would alter the labor landscape in terms of both labor rights and wages. The Supreme Labor Council (ASE) declared itself noncompetent to issue an opinion on the matter. It should be noted that at hotels alone, the shortage of workers in 2021 exceeded 53,000, and reached 60,000 in 2022. A pilot agreement with the government of Egypt, so that Greek employers (mainly in the agricultural sector) can bring farm laborers from Egypt each year to cover their needs in the primary sector, was recently sanctioned by Parliament. During the first year of the agreement’s implementation, the number of Egyptian workers could reach up to 5,000.

The 3-day mini food expo aims to showcase to Athenians the broad selection of foods produced at two of North Evia's municipalities that were most heavily afflicted by the wildfires in the summer of 2021, Istiea-Edipsos and Mantoudi-Limni-Agia Anna. The exhibition is co-organized by the Central Greece Regional Authority and the 'Diazoma' association. It is held under the auspices of the City of Athens, and it is sponsored by the Association of Fertilizer Traders & Producers (SPEL). This expo is being held in the context of the North Evia Reconstruction Program (EVIA-META). It will be inaugurated at 18:00 on Friday and will stay open to the public until 21:00 that day, while on Saturday and Sunday the exhibition will be open from 10:00 until 21:00. Entrance is free and no metro ticket is required.

According to their announcement, supermarkets and other retailers will be open as usual, from 09:00 to 21:00, through Friday and will only close an hour earlier, at 20:00 on Saturday, December 31st, 2022. However, all shops will be closed on Sunday and Monday, January 1st and 2nd, 2023.

The event is being organized for the 2nd year, this year on December 11th and hours 11:30-20:00, in the brand new and highly minimalist aesthetic hall "Foyer Arts" of the Athens Conservatory. "Foam and Nectar" is a unique rendezvous for wine lovers with the enchanting bubbles of the foams and the velvety warmth of the sweet wines. Among the sparkling wines, champagne had and still has a special role, the French sparkling wine exclusively from the region of Campania (Champagne), which remains the undisputed queen of wine bubbles. It cannot, however, be noted that Greek sparkling wines continue to flourish for years. As for sweet wines, where Greece plays world class, these cover most of the "dessert wine" category, but it also includes fortified wines, which are not necessarily sweet.   The purpose of "Foam & Nectar" is twofold: To taste champagnes and other sparkling wines, as well as dessert wines (sweet and fortified) just before the period when their consumption peaks (Christmas holidays), in order to select labels that will be consumed during it and To introduce the wine-loving public to the consumption of sparkling and dessert wines all year round, without or with food, before or after it, i.e. in any case and not necessarily on the occasion of a special event or a specific accompaniment. "Afros & Nektar", in addition to the wines of Greek wine producers and wine importers in Greece, this year hosts in a special stand the Greek sweet wines that were recently awarded at the international competition Concours Mondial de Bruxelles. In another stand, foreign sparkling and sweet wines are presented, which have recently distinguished themselves in the same competition, which is one of the leading and largest in the world. And its president, Baudouin Havaux, will be in Greece especially for "Foam & Nectar" to talk about the successes achieved by Greek sweet wines in said competition, represented in Greece by the company Vinetum, organizer of the event.   Try sparkling and sweet wines with food… Sparkling wines go well with many dishes, some are even able to accompany entire meals. This role has already been highlighted by the "Foam and Bubbles" event, one part of today's "Foam & Nectar", through several top sponsors of "tasting pleasure" who stopped by and gave the opportunity to its visitors to try the products accompanying wines, such as Stremenou Butchery, Voulgaraki Group Restaurants, Le Votre Piree Patisserie, Maltezos Farm Goat Cheeses, Degustibus Delicatessen, Trikalinos Traditional Roe, Provence Deli Cheeses, etc. To a lesser extent, sweet wines can also accompany food, when the sweet element in them is strong. However, where they have been established and offer the best in combination are with Roquefort-type cheeses (e.g. Stilton, Gorgonzola, blue cheeses, etc.). "Foam & Nectar" encourages all relevant experimentation. And the waters of "Foam & Nectar" could not be other than the quiet Acqua Panna, and the sparkling S.Pellegrino, from Nestle, ideally to accompany wines.

At that time, super markets operating in Greece pledged to present a 'basket' of 50 different products necessary for a household's living for which they will seek to contain any price hikes. This pledge was made during a meeting between minister Georgiadis with representatives of super markets and food retailers. He had stated that next week he will meet with representatives from the food industry to seek a similar agreement. He also had noted that the meeting did not discuss a "freeze" on prices, and he had stressed that each company will pursue its own policy on prices: "We do not breach rules of fair competition. It is something that we would never do," he had added. The minister also noted that the measure will stay in effect for as long as the price hikes crisis lasts, and that relevant authorities will monitor prices every 2 weeks.

Market executives are warning of a difficult autumn in terms of accuracy as the energy crisis shows no signs of abating and the margins for absorbing the increase in production and operating costs for businesses have now dried up. Consumers will be asked to manage the new price increases they will face on the shelf at a time when the family budget is already being squeezed. The decrease in demand recorded during the first half of the year - with restrictions on the purchase of even basic products - is estimated to possibly continue with greater intensity in the coming period. September is a month of food price hikes New increases are expected in basic food products as "testified" by the price lists from the suppliers received by the supermarket chains. "September is traditionally the month when many increases in the food industry, pass from the "field to the shelf" and from there to our table. The July-August revaluations in production are expected to be on the store shelves in September and in relation to the stocks they have in their warehouses," notes the president of the EBEP, Vassilis Korkidis. On the shelves, it is estimated that there will be increased prices for over 500 consumer products, such as food, while the price increases concern at least 40 categories, with the average increase amounting to 10% to 15%. At the same time, the increase in the prices of imported food reaches 15% as executives of multinational food giants had already warned of upcoming increases. On the other hand, there has recently been a decline in wholesale prices for fruit and vegetables. The biggest increases: And while even in the summer they had registered price increases in a series of products on the supermarket shelves, new increases are expected from September. Specifically, according to information from the market in: margarines +20%, dairy +12%, canned goods +15%, charcuterie +10%, confectionery cookies +20%, ice creams +5% cosmetics +25%, care products +18% detergents +15% It is noted that based on the Consumer Price Index for July, an increase in prices has already been recorded within a year by 27.3% in oils and fats, 16.7% in meat and cereals, 16.4% in eggs and dairy products, 13.4% in vegetables, 11.4% in sugar, coffee and tea, 9.3% in chocolates and 5.3% in fish.

Mr. Zervas said Thessaloniki is included in UNESCO's Network of Creative Cities, which is providing a new impetus for the city's tourism development and its promotion abroad, and gifted the famous chef and TV host 2 bottles of wine from the municipality's urban vineyard.