ATHEX: Stocks post mild recovery on thin trade
Athinon Avenue followed the rebound of most European stock markets on Tuesday, but at quite some distance, as its recovery from recent lows was mitigated in terms of both price rise and trading volume.
10 arrested after clash at Energean Kavala sit-in
Police have arrested 10 people after attempting to break up a sit-in on Tuesday at the Energean Kavala facilities in Northern Greece. The company sued their employee union leadership and, according to police information, requested police assistance in retaking the plant.
Chios airport upgrade contract signed
A 24.7-million-euro agreement for upgrading the airport on the eastern Aegean island of Chios was signed at the Infrastructure and Transport Ministry in Athens on Tuesday.
No-go zones
The unbridled activity of organized crime in West Attica may have deep social causes.
Omicron may have smaller teeth, but they’re sharp
It’s been four weeks since we learned of the existence of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus and despite intensive international research, we have yet to unlock the secrets of this new riddle.
Pharmacist issued over 2,000 bogus rapid test results
Anticorruption officials have filed a report to prosecutor after an inspection of a pharmacy found that its owner had issued over 2,000 bogus rapid test results.
Seven charged in bogus disability certificates ring
A prosecutor in northern Greece charged seven people — four women and three men — with a slew of offences for their alleged involvement in a ring issuing fake disability certificates for a fee.
Trial of actor Petros Filippidis set for March 2022
Actor and director Petros Filippidis, who is facing rape charges, will be tried on March 18 of next year, a misdemeanours court ruled on Tuesday.
Less than 40% of Greek construction waste recycled
About 50 million tons of construction waste has been dumped in Greece and much of it could be salvaged and recycled, a conference in Thessaloniki heard on Tuesday.
Turkey’s cryptocurrency trades top 1 mln a day amid lira woes
The number of cryptocurrency trades in Turkey has surged back above one million per day as the country’s currency has plunged to a series of record lows, data shared with Reuters showed.