Developments on the Greek stock market are getting more interesting by the day, not only because the benchmark is breaking one seven-year record after another – as it did again on Thursday – but also because of its relatively high turnover and the various share packages changing hands.
Police in North Macedonia have detained 16 migrants from India who were allegedly trying to enter neighboring Greece illegally, as migrant-smuggling gangs try new routes in answer to pandemic travel restrictions and tougher border controls.
The visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Moscow and the long and substantial talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to defuse the Ukrainian crisis were both imaginative and risky.
Three more suspects in the murder of 19-year-old Alkis Kampanos in Thessaloniki on February 1 were remanded in custody following their appearance in front of a prosecutor on Thursday. The appearance of two of the men, aged 21 and 23, went on for many hours before the judiciary reached its unanimous decision.
Those who believed that the strengthening of the center-left Movement for Change (KINAL) would only or mainly hurt leftist SYRIZA were mistaken.
The Greek Parliament will be invited on Tuesday to approve three of the most important armament programs developed by Greece in recent years, especially for the strengthening of the Hellenic Navy.
The leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot side of ethnically split Cyprus on Thursday rejected overtures by Greek Cypriots to reignite peace efforts by offering international air and sea links in exchange for territory.
The daily briefing by Greek health authorities announced 19,154 new coronavirus cases and 93 virus-related deaths on Thursday. The National Organization for Public Health also stated that 516 people are being treated in Intensive Care Units across Greece.
The mother of Zak Kostopoulos, who was killed after a brutal assault outside a jewellery store, sent a message on Thursday to the family of 19-year-old Alkis Kampanos, who was murdered last Monday night after he was attacked by a group of at least 10 individuals in violence connected to football fan rivalry.