ATHEX: Biggest loss for index in two years
Greek stocks predictably slumped on Thursday, in line with all other bourses the world over.
EU divided on cutting off Russia from SWIFT
As it meets to decide sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, the EU is divided over whether to cut Russia off from SWIFT, a high-security payment network that connects thousands of financial institutions around the world.
The fine and the lesson
The rapid imposition of a fine on Attiki Odos SA, the company managing the Greek capital’s biggest ring road, for its omissions in the recent snowstorm – which led to thousands of motorists being left stranded on the highway – is, unfortunately, unprecedented.
Mitsotakis: EU must help member states with energy price hikes
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says he has demanded that the EU implement emergency measures to help its members weather energy price hikes.
Manhattan DA returns artifacts worth $20 million to Greece
Dozens of looted antiquities seized from billionaire hedge fund founder Michael Steinhardt after a yearslong investigation have been returned to the people of Greece, prosecutors in New York announced Wednesday.
Pre-eminent Hellenist, translator and author Edmund Keeley dies at age 94
Poet, novelist, professor and a great friend of Greece, Edmund Keeley died on Wednesday at the age of 94. The son of an American diplomat, he was born in Damascus and lived in Greece for a few years before settling in the United States.
Cartoon by Ilias Makris (24/02/2022)
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Shipping ministry urges Greek vessels to leave Ukrainian and Russian territorial waters
All Greek ships should immediately leave Ukrainian and Russian territorial waters in the Black Sea, the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy warned on Thursday.
Gov’t calls for emergency meeting of EU energy ministers
The government has urged France, which holds the rotating European Union presidency, to call an emergency meeting of EU energy ministers to discuss a collective response to surging energy prices, a trend now further exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
ONC9: Contemporary dance festival at the Onassis Stegi
The Onassis New Choreographers festival, Greece’s premier event for the next generation of dance artists, returns for its ninth year in the performance spaces of the Onassis Stegi in central Athens.