The German president on Thursday hailed Albania’s pro-European stand and urged its authorities to continue reforms toward membership into the European Union. Frank-Walter Steinmeier is visiting Albania to talk with its top officials on EU membership negotiations and the situation in the Western Balkan region.
With time running out ahead of a Monday deadline for implementing a G7 price cap on Russian oil designed to hit Vladimir Putin’s war fund, the pressure is on the EU to reach an agreement.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Thursday met with his Armenian and Uzbek counterparts to discuss bilateral relations and energy issues on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Poland.
A new case – the third – of possible sexual abuse of a minor by a prominent member of the well-known children’s charity Ark of the World (Kivotos tou Kosmou) is reportedly being investigated by police.
One in two Greeks consider the hiring of private managers in the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) to be the right move and believe it should be extended to other problematic public sector departments, according to a Pulse survey.
Five new artistic lighting installations are being switched on as of Thursday at the Stavros Niarchos Park in Athens marking the start of the Christmas season.
Inflation in Greece slowed to 9% in November, from 9.4% in October according to the provisional data on the European Union harmonized index Eurostat released on Wednesday, while a National Bank study projects a further decline in the months to come. The Greek index remained well below the eurozone average of 10% in November, which…
Eurobank, one of Greece’s largest lenders, said on Thursday it agreed to acquire an additional 13.4% stake in Cypriot Hellenic Bank from Wargaming Group Ltd for 70 million euros.
The Brazilian Embassy in Athens is organizing Greece’s first Portuguese “translation slam,” a competition between translators working off the same piece.
Electricity producers owe 367,067,027.54 euros in total for the extraordinary levy of 90% imposed on them by the government as part of a support package to offset soaring electricity prices, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said Wednesday.