Greek stock prices dropped and bond yields jumped upon hearing the news on Thursday of the European Central Bank decision to end net bond purchases and its intention to hike its key rates more than 25 basis points in the next quarter, in view of increased projections on inflation.
A total of 308 reported incidents of abusive targeting of young people and other vulnerable groups by officers of the law due to their national, ethnic or racial origin are noted in the Greek Ombudsman’s 2021 report that was released on Thursday.
Ruling Conservatives maintain an 8.5-point lead over leftist opposition SYRIZA (33.5% vs 25%) regarding voter intentions, according to a survey by Pulse company on behalf of Greek broadcaster Skai, published on Thursday.
Everybody needs to be especially cautious when it comes to talking about matters of national security.
Greece’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, approved the construction of a temporary shelter for irregular migrants on the island of Leros, cancelled plans for one in Lamia, central Greece, and postponed judgment on Malakassa, east Attica, with a series of decisions published Thursday.
Bulgaria has set conditions for lifting its veto blocking North Macedonia’s European Union accession talks and is working to see if Brussels can guarantee those terms are met, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said on Thursday.
Cyprus police have seized servers that were used to sell social security numbers and other personal information stolen from 24 million US citizens, a law enforcement official said Thursday.
Greece’s population is set to decline over the next 20 years, and to shrink by 24% by 2100 to 8.1 million, according to research by the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) presented at the Demographics 2022 conference in central Athens.
On Wednesday the Confederation of Greek Tourism Accommodation Entrepreneurs (SETKE) sent a letter to the ministers of labor and finance, in which it more or less asked them to allow retirees and public teachers to work in the tourism business.