Stock Exchange rebounded Monday, amid a positive climate in European markets, without making up for all of Friday’s losses, which analysts mostly attributed to a still developing political scandal over wiretapping incidents involving Socialist leader Nikos Androulakis and a journalist.
Nikos Androulakis, the PASOK leader whose phone was bugged by the country’s intelligence service, has accused Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of “methodically avoided providing explanations” in a bid to play for time in his televised address about the wiretapping scandal.
MPs will return to work from their summer recess a week earlier than scheduled, after the government agreed to a request from the main opposition to reconvene Parliament on August 22 to discuss the wiretapping scandal.
The opposition leader whose phone was bugged by the country’s intelligence service has “persistently refused” to learn why his device was legally monitored, government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou said on Monday.
Greek inflation rate slowed to 11.6% in July from 12.1% in June and after an 1.4% reading in July 2021, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Monday.
Some 28 lighthouses across the country will be open to the public on Sunday, August 21, in celebration of International Lighthouse Day 2022, the Greek Navy said on Saturday.
A 57-year-old man and his 26-year-old daughter are facing charges of domestic violence on Monday after the daughter stabbed the man with a knife after accusing him of sexual assault. The father is also facing charges of domestic sexual abuse, while the daughter faces charges of possessing a weapon.
Katerina Makatouni landed in Athens feeling refreshed and ready to adapt to the local time zone, one of thousands of passengers enjoying the ease of traveling directly from Boston in the United States to the Greek capital.
The Hellenic Police (ELAS) conducted several narcotic operations in central and western Athens from August 2 to August 5, leading to two arrests.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the nation on Monday he did not know that the leader of the country’s opposition Socialist party had been wiretapped by Greece’s intelligence service in 2021, adding he would never have allowed it.