Prominent director’s rape trial to resume Thursday
The trial of prominent actor and former National Theater director Dimitris Lignadis on charges of raping four underage males will continue on March 3 before a mixed jury court.
ATHEX: Bourse index recovers most lost ground
The Greek bourse benchmark on Friday recovered more than two-thirds of the major losses it had suffered on Thursday, bouncing back above 900 points.
Athens lights up fountain, building in Ukraine’s flag colours
The fountain on Omonia Square in central Athens and the building of Technopolis in the district of Gazi were illuminated in the colors of the Ukrainian flag on Friday night, as a sign of solidarity to Ukraine, following Russia’s invasion.
Complete state debtor database
The tax administration is set to gain easy access to detailed records of some 3.5 million taxpayers with debts to the state as of this September with the activation of the Eispraxis database.
Shedia Birthday | Athens | February 27
Street magazine Shedia turns 9 years old on Sunday and is celebrating its anniversary with a special event at its Shedia Home venue in downtown Athens.
Ankara steps up unfounded pushback allegations
Ankara has taken its allegations of human rights violations by Greece to the United Nations, accusing it of pushbacks and refugee and migrant deaths in the Aegean.
Piraeus Bank responds to securities watchdog
Piraeus Bank, one of Greece’s four largest lenders, said on Friday its operations in Ukraine comprise a financial institution, JSC Piraeus Bank ICB, and investments in real estate assets.
Bulgaria asks to reserve LNG at Revythoussa
Bulgaria has sent Greece a request to reserve capacity at the Revythoussa LNG Terminal operated by the Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator (DESFA), Athens-Macedonian News Agency sources said on Friday, in order to secure quantities of natural gas in case of a disruption of the supply from Russia.
Credit expansion slows down
The annual growth rate of total credit extended to the domestic economy stood at 9.9% in January 2022, compared with 10.2% in the previous month, the Bank of Greece said on Friday.
With ‘Cyrano,’ James McAvoy is savoring a ‘purer form of storytelling’
In a cozy upstairs bar at the Harold Pinter Theater here, actor James McAvoy was talking about ritual sacrifice. The offering in question was him.