Greek budget revenues beat targets
Greek state budget revenues significantly surpassed targets in the January-May period this year, Alternate Finance Minister Thodoros Skylakakis said on Wednesday.
Athens University revoking Putin’s honorary doctorate
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA) has started the procedure to revoke an honorary doctorate granted to Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2001, EKPA’a rectorate said in an announcement, adding it had informed the rectors of the European Civic University (CIVIS).
German foreign ministry concerned over Turkish ‘aggressive rhetoric’
Recent Turkish government statements “do not help the constructive dialogue and stability in the region,” while “the aggressive rhetoric especially, as well as Turkish violations of the Greek airspace, give cause for concern,” a German Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.
New Covid-19 cases continue to rise
Greek health authorities announced 9,288 new coronavirus cases for the 24-hour period ending 9 a.m. Wednesday from 8,083 the previous day.
Golden Dawn appeal trial adjourns until July 6
After a brief session on Wednesday, an appeals court in Athens hearing a request to overturn the prolonged prison terms of four former leading figures of the now-defunct neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party adjourned until July 6.
British Museum suggests a ‘sharing arrangement’ of Parthenon sculptures
The Parthenon scupltures Greece is demanding back from Britain could be shared by the two countries, British Museum Chairman George Osborne told LBC, a digital news service registered in the UK, on Wednesday.
British Museum suggests a ‘sharing arrangement’ of Parthenon sculptures
The Parthenon sculptures could be shared by the UK and Greece, British Museum Chairman George Osborne said on Wednesday.
ECB to devise new tool to help indebted eurozone members
The European Central Bank will skew reinvestments of maturing debt to help more indebted members and will devise a new instrument to stop fragmentation, it said on Wednesday, seeking to temper a market rout that has fanned fears a new debt crisis.
Greece appoints special envoy for Western Balkans
Greece’s Ambassador to Bucharest, Sofia Grammata, has been appointed Foreign Ministry’s Special Envoy for the Western Balkans, the ministry said in a press release Wednesday.
Egypt, Israel to boost gas supply to EU amid Ukraine war
Egypt, Israel, and the European Union on Wednesday signed a deal to increase liquified natural gas sales to EU countries, who aim to reduce dependence on supply from Russia as the war in Ukraine drags on.