Turkey’s lira tumbled anew on Wednesday towards a record low, gripped by worries over soaring inflation and other economic fallout, after a 15% crash a day earlier that was driven by President Tayyip Erdogan’s defence of recent rate cuts.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is hosting Abu Dhabi’s powerful crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Wednesday, as Turkey and the United Arab Emirates seek to repair their tense relations and increase economic cooperation.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will this week be paying official visits to Ghana and Gabon as part of efforts to upgrade Greek ties with Sub-Saharan Africa, the ministry said on Tuesday.
Proper preparation and decisive action will be key for Greece to achieve its target of slashing carbon emissions by 55% by 2030. This can be accomplished by focusing on financially attractive and mature technologies such as renewable energy sources and electric vehicles, and investing in more innovative technologies so as to prepare the country for…
After the Greek government directed hospitals to halt all non-emergent procedures as ICU admissions surged amid a spike in Covid-19 cases, Health Minister Thanos Plevris on Wednesday reassured that emergency surgery will not be affected by the decision.
The liquidity to come from the Next Generation EU fund and the European Central Bank will likely continue at the same pace next year, as the prior actions required from Greece for the cash disbursements of the former may be utilized as conditions for extending the purchase of Greek bonds by Frankfurt when its extraordinary…
Pope Francis has reportedly expressed his intention to Cypriot authorities to offer asylum seekers on the island nation refuge in the Vatican after his official visit there on December 2, according to Deutsche Welle.
Hospitals across Greece are delaying surgeries to free up bed space in the face of growing concerns over hospital capacity constraints.
Endy Zemenides, HALC’s Executive Director, joins The Greek Current to discuss the prospects of the US-Greece Defense and Interparliamentary Partnership Act getting passed into US law and what this means for US-Greece relations
Government spokesman Yiannis Oikonomou described the decision to reduce regular surgeries by 80% as a “significant blow to public health.”