Training center partnership with Israel launched
Hellenic Air Force maintenance staff park a T-6 single-engine turboprop training aircraft at an airbase outside the southern Greek city of Kalamata.
S&P keeps Greek rating at ‘BB+’
Standard & Poor’s affirmed on Friday Greece’s credit rating at ‘BB+,’ leaving it just one step below investment grade and avoiding to take the big step and lift it out of “junk” status. At the same time, it maintained a “Stable” outlook for the Greek economy.
Assessing Turkey’s missile test
Experts Timothy Wright, a research analyst and program administrator for defense and military analysis at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS ), and Uzi Rubin, a defense engineer and expert on missile defense at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS), take stock of Turkey’s test-firing of a short-range ballistic missile over…
Greek-Turkish tensions from the Evros border to the Aegean
Late last week 92 asylum seekers were found stripped naked at the between Greece and Turkey, with Greek officials claiming Turkey carefully planned the incident.
Konstantinos Parthenis | Athens | To November 28
The Greek National Gallery presents 150 pieces from its comprehensive collection on post-impressionist pioneer Konstantinos Parthenis (1878-1967), in the first major retrospective ever held on the artist.
Firms branch out into tourism
A growing number of businesses from many different sectors are also turning their attention to tourism in a bid to increase their profits through the strong dynamics presented by the sector.
Staikouras urges servicers to resolve private debt problem
Finance Minister Christos Staikouras urged servicers and other creditors to align their operations with the state towards an efficient and sustainable management of the private debt problem.
PM: Energy support will continue
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis highlighted on Friday that Greece’s insistence on a cap on natural gas acted was a catalyst for the white smoke at the end of the European Council.
Navy chief visits French shipyards to inspect Belharra frigate construction
The FDI frigates under construction in France will spearhead the Greek fleet and offer new operational capabilities in the near future, Greek Navy chief Vice-Admiral Stylianos Petrakis said on a visit to the Lorient shipyards on Friday.
Alpha Bank draws 400 million euro from preferred bond
Alpha Bank said on Friday that it drew 400 million euros from a new senior preferred bond.