The Greek economy has proven resilient to strong shocks, despite coming out of a long and painful 10-year crisis, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said after meeting in Athens with European Stability Mechanism (ESM) chief Klaus Regling on Thursday.
When Turkish university student Yagmur Varkal found out she would have to pay for a vaccine protecting her against cervical cancer, she took health authorities to court to get a refund – winning a landmark victory.
Health Minister Thanos Plevris said Friday that the roadmap for the further de-escalation of measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus in May is being drafted.
Panathinaikos has completed its Euroleague campaign this season with a loss in Germany and a win in Turkey, while Olympiakos is still waiting to find out who will be its opponent in the play-offs.
The person invited to speak to lawmakers in the Greek Parliament was the president of a country in the grips of a terrible war – and nobody else. Having others appear on screen was a mistake that hurt his message.
The Ukrainian president did not flatter the Greeks with niceties and half-truths. Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his nation are on the edge of the abyss. He says what he has to say.
The positive outlook of and comments about the Greek economy resulted in a snap rebound of local stocks on Friday, taking the benchmark at Athinon Avenue to a six-week high and above the psychologically important level of 900 points.
Aside from its humanitarian dimension, Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios’ trip to Poland to meet and provide comfort to war refugees from Ukraine was also strong in religious symbolism. The visit conveyed the message that Orthodox Christianity is united against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while disapproving of Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church,…
A pair of Turkish F-16 jets flew over the islands of Oinousses and Panagia in the eastern Aegean on Friday at 24,500 feet while Turkey’s energy and natural resources minister, Fatih Donmez, said he expected “important developments” from Eastern Mediterranean in the coming days.