Volunteer firemen on the front line
A member of the Neos Voutzas Volunteer Fire Department, east of Athens, tracks the location of a fire truck during a blaze on the mountain of Penteli earlier this week.
Alpha Bank to sell bad loan portfolio to Hoist Finance
Alpha Bank, one of Greece’s four largest lenders, said on Friday it signed a binding agreement to sell a 400 million-euro portfolio of unsecured bad loans to Hoist Finance AB for €34 million.
Registered unemployment down 0.52% in June
Registered unemployment totaled 921,647 in June, down 0.52% from May (921,647) and down 2.85% compared with June 2021, the Public Employment Service (DYPA) said in a report on Wednesday.
Improved performance
Combating this week’s wildfire in Mount Penteli came with a high difficulty level, mainly because of adverse weather conditions: dry, hot and with strong winds. Nevertheless, the state apparatus stepped up to the task. Its reaction showed that it has built up considerable experience from previous mistakes and remedied much of the shortcomings in terms…
Anniversaries and forgetfulness
At what point do we realize that the dangers which our country faces are so serious that we must deprive ourselves of the pleasures of our extreme domestic political rivalry in order to deal with them?
ATHEX: Bourse index grows 4.45% in the week
Buyers dominated the entire week at the Greek stock market as the benchmark posted an increase for a fifth session in a row on Friday, alongside a significant decrease for Greek bond yields.
Response to Attica fire deemed rapid
The response to the wildfire that broke out in Penteli north of Athens was almost immediate, Kathimerini has learned. The blaze started at 5.19 p.m. on Tuesday at the Vayati location and within 25 minutes the Fire Service has mobilized 15 water-dumping aircraft.
Fire breaks out in Moria
A fire broke out on Friday afternoon among low vegetation near Moria, on the island of Lesvos.
Elpidophoros: ‘We mourn the captivity’ of Hagia Sophia
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America lamented the conversion of Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia into a mosque on Friday, saying that the monument “was seized without cause.”
Saristra festival returns to Kefalonia on July 29-31
The Saristra festival will be held again this summer on July 29-31 at the Ionian island of Kefalonia after a two-year Covid pause, celebrating its 10th anniversary with an impressive line-up.