A Finance Ministry decision to propose a bond swap deal to bondholders – owners of Greek state bonds resulting from a PSI arrangement – is creating more space for Greek bond purchases by the European Central Bank.
A major British study into mixing Covid-19 vaccines has found that people had a better immune response when they received a first dose of AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech shots followed by Moderna nine weeks later.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that attacks on Muslim houses of worship on Cyprus would “not go unanswered” following reports of an attempted arson attack on a mosque in the southern, internationally-recognized Greek Cypriot part of the divided Mediterranean island.
In the 22 years that the now 69-year-old Vladimir Putin has dominated Russian politics and been playing a leading role in international developments, he has met and to some extent worked with all Greek prime ministers.
Covid vaccines designed for children aged from 5 to 11 will start being rolled out in Greece next Wednesday, health officials confirmed Monday, and parents can plan the jabs on the emvolio.gov.gr platform as of Friday.
The majority of people in European cities live among health-damaging levels of air pollution, despite improvements over the last two decades and a lockdown-induced decrease last year.
The meeting on Tuesday between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his Israeli counterpart Naftali Bennett takes place amid a period of intense activity in the wider Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East.
A Greek police officer who was arrested in Turkey on Sunday has been granted release without charge by a court but must remain in the country while authorities conclude a sweep of his cellphone.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis defended the decision to make vaccination against Covid-19 compulsory for people aged 60 or above, stressing that mass inoculation is the only way to keep the economy and society open.
Eurobank, one of Greece’s four largest lenders, said on Tuesday it entered into a binding agreement to sell 80% of its merchant acquiring business to French payments firm Worldline in an attempt to strengthen its capital base.