The Greek stock market’s rising sequence in recent days came to a predictable end on Friday, though the profit-taking, which had been expected, was particularly mild and appeared to end about halfway through the session, as the benchmark recovered about half of its earlier losses.
The tax administration is asking commercial lenders to supply it with additional data on bank accounts, taxpayers’ loans, interest paid and dividends distributed by the end of February.
The German-Greek Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Athens and the Athens Chamber of Manufacturing (BEA) signed on Wednesday a memorandum of cooperation for joint initiatives and actions in favor of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Italian energy group Eni has stepped into the Greek solar power market by acquiring Solar Konzept Greece as part of its plans to shift away from oil and gas.
Police arrested a man at an Athens hospital on Friday following reports that he was brandishing a knife and threatening to kill himself.
Health authorities announced 19,772 new coronavirus infections for the 24-hour period ending 3 p.m. Friday, a slight decline on Thursday’s figure of 20,409.
The so-called University Institutions Protection Team (OPPI) are scheduled to commence their four-month training in the northeastern city of Komotini on Sunday, Civil Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos said on Friday.
The trial of a Greek lawyer for spreading fake news about the Covid-19 pandemic on the internet was postponed Friday until May 4 after his lawyers presented results showing that he had tested positive for the virus.
President Katerina Sakellaropoulou was among EU and Italian leaders who attended the state funeral in Rome of David Sassoli, the president of the European Parliament who died earlier this week aged 65.
Around 27% more people died in the European Union than usual during November, the biggest increase in a year as a fresh wave of Covid-19 swept the region, official data showed on Friday.