AstraZeneca Plc said on Tuesday it is working with Oxford University to produce a vaccine for the Omicron coronavirus variant, joining other vaccine-makers who are looking to develop the variant-specific vaccine.
Turkey’s lira steadied on Wednesday and held gains from what is so far its best week two decades, after the currency charged back from record lows due to President Tayyip Erdogan’s new steps to guard Turks’ savings against such volatility.
Endy Zemenides, HALC’s Executive Director, joins The Greek Current to talk about the US-Greece Defense and Interparliamentary Partnership Act, which the US Senate passed in the NDAA last week.
Greece’s coast guard says a broad search and rescue operation has been launched after a boat carrying migrants ran into trouble and sank south of the Cycladic island of Folegandros, leaving dozens potentially missing.
Turkey’s central bank announced on Wednesday that it sold $844 million during its direct market intervention on December 1, the first of five this month to stem a crash in the lira that rebounded from record lows this week.
The government is implementing a two-phase plan to delay and limit, as far as possible, the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Even though the government had reportedly almost made up its mind on Sunday to introduce the obligation for vaccinated people to take a registered rapid test at a pharmacy or testing center before entering entertainment venues on New Year’s Eve, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced something much milder Tuesday.
Alexander Haditaghi was declared the highest bidder for the development of a coastal land parcel in Nea Iraklitsa near Kavala, following e-Auction IX, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) said on Tuesday.
Silicon Valley-headquartered Mondee will use Greek- and Cypriot-owned special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Ithax in order be get listed on the Nasdaq market in New York.
Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias described a ministry bill that was voted into a law on Monday night as growth-minded and one that strategically supports the Greek tourism product and responds to the needs of the tourism industry, offering contemporary tools for tourism development in all regions of the country.