Pharmacist to appear before court over bogus certificates
A pharmacist in Iraklio, Crete, is due to appear before a court on Monday following his arrest for issuing bogus certificates of a negative coronavirus test.
Erdogan says he’s cut inflation to 4% before, can do again
President Tayyip Erdogan said he had lowered Turkey’s inflation to around 4% before and that he will achieve that again, as it topped 21% following a push for aggressive cuts in interest rates that he has engineered.
Mitsotakis in Sofia for talks with PM, president
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected in Sofia on Monday for a meeting with Bulgaria’s newly-elected premier Kiril Petkov.
ECB decision well received by markets
Analysts and rating agencies consider as “credit positive” last Thursday’s decision by the European Central Bank to continue supporting Greece, even after the expiry of its extraordinary bond-buying program. Frankfurt plans to offer Greece full coverage until it regains investment grade, cover the Greek state’s bond issues and continue providing cheap funding and support for…
Revived hopes for buying the F-35 aircraft
The passage by the US Senate of the country’s defense budget, including the Menendez-Rubio amendment enhancing defense cooperation with Greece, has revived talk about Greece’s possible acquisition of the fifth-generation F-35 stealth multirole combat aircraft.
Let’s rebuild the Public Health System
This is no time to act coy. A study recently told us in hard facts what we had already surmised: that intensive care units at most regional hospitals are not up to the same standards as those in Athens and one or two other big cities.
Attica Bank, a bailout saga sapping public coffers
The case of Attica Bank, Greece’s fifth largest lender, is evolving into a bad movie with too many sequels as the lender proceeds with the second share capital increase in six months and the fourth in five years.
The opportunities and the danger
2023 could be the year that Greece takes off. The economy could continue to grow at the same rapid pace.
Coronavirus: 2,831 new cases, 91 deaths
New cases of the coronavirus decreased, as usual, Sunday, and so did intubations, but deaths rose sharply, health authorities announced.
Stores remain open for Christmas shoppers on Sunday
Shops and supermarkets will remain open for shoppers throughout Greece on Sunday, the last Sunday before December 25.