ATHEX: Stocks post moderate recovery
The benchmark of the Greek stock market only recovered a third of its losses registered on Friday in Monday’s session, but even that rise was welcome in the context of the previous days’ decline.
Conference on diverse thinking at Grand Hyatt
The annual Interactive Marketing Conference (IMC) by IAB Hellas is this year taking place from 4 till 7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 1, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Athens.
Omicron underlines importance of vaccination, vaccine committee head says
The symptoms of the new Omicron variant of Covid are mild but the cases also include young people in South Africa, National Vaccination Committee chair Maria Theodoridou said on Monday.
Over 23,000 outstanding tax and customs cases in courts
Judicial delays are one of the main reasons many investors stay away from Greece.
Greece had wealthier visitors
Visitors from non-European Union countries to Greece this year spent 32% more on average on their tax-free purchases than in 2019 – the record year for Greek tourism – according to data from Global Blue, a tax rebate service company.
Greece and Bangladesh take first steps in migration deal
Greece and Bangladesh on Monday signalled their wish to establish a framework to facilitate legal migration to and the return of undocumented migrations from Greece.
Foreign Ministry sends condolences to families of Istanbul storm victims
A powerful storm pounded Istanbul and other parts of Turkey on Monday, killing at least four people and causing havoc in the city of 15 million people, reports said.
Gales cancel ferry services
Several ferry schedules were cancelled on Monday due to high winds of up to force 8 in the Aegean Sea and force 9 in the Ionian Sea.
HFSF to disengage from banks
The Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) will have to prepare a strategy for the concession of its stakes in the country’s main banks, ahead of the prospect of its full divestment from the systemic lenders by 2025.
Most analysts see no change from Lindner
The new German coalition and the advent of new leadership at the German Ministry of Finance and the Bundesbank have created a new landscape not only in the European Union’s biggest country but also in the entire eurozone, with Greece potentially seeing a significant impact.