The Greek stock market lost almost all of its Wednesday gains on Thursday, heading south in line with most other European bourses, partly due to the reduced-growth and increased-inflation forecasts by the European Commission and partly because of worse-than-expected corporate results for banks and investment firms abroad.
The ruling center-right New Democracy party maintains a steady lead of eight percentage points over the opposition, according to a Pulse poll conducted for Skai TV on July 11-13 and published on Thursday.
Foreign investors who are choosing to sell their properties in Greece and not renew the residence permit that comes with the purchase of real estate are gradually being replaced by others from Great Britain and the United States, the head of the Risvas and Partners law firm, Alexandros Risvas tells Kathimerini.
The displaying of a map showing many Greek islands, including Crete, as Turkish, by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s nationalist ally Devlet Bahceli, is obviously a particularly provocative action that angers Greece. In the battle of public relations, however, it strengthens its position.
Greece is sending air assistance to help neighboring Albania cope with wildfires, European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic said on Thursday.
The Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) is launching a new electronic service that seeks to end the need for repeated visits by citizens to the fund’s offices, the time-consuming process of finding various documents and the many months or even years of anxiety about the progress of pension applications.
Cyprus authorities have filed charges against four people related to a now discredited cash-for-passports scheme scrapped by Cyprus in late 2020.
The trailblazing hip-hop collective is stopping in Athens for one night on the Europe leg of its ongoing tour, to rock the Great Lawn stage at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.
The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) said that a total of 13 cases of monkeypox have been identified in Greece during their weekly report on the virus.
Former National Theatre director Dimitris Lignadis was released from Athens’ Korydallos prison on Thursday afternoon, after posting a 30,000-euro bail set by a Mixed Jury Court, which found him guilty on two counts of rape on Wednesday.