In the wake of WWII, Europeans formed the Coal and Steel Community to break Germany’s monopoly over coal and steel and secure peace on the continent for nearly 80 years.
In the past, election years have been associated with adverse effects on the economy. Addressing political parties, the governor of the Bank of Greece points out this risk, as he should, in his new report:
Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras warned the country’s political parties to avoid any handout talk that could jeopardize Greece’s course back to investment grade, in his Intermediary Report on Monetary Policy released on Wednesday.
Unauthorized flights over the eastern Aegean by Turkish jets continued unabated on Wednesday, the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) said, reporting that a pair of Turkish F-16 fighter jets conducted five overflights between 11.07 a.m. and 11.23 a.m.
Lawyers for the former European Parliament vice-president suspected of being at the center of one of the European Union’s biggest corruption scandals requested on Thursday that she be released from prison wearing a police tracking device.
A police officer accused of fatally shooting a Roma teenager in the head during a car chase over an alleged unpaid gas station bill appeared in court Thursday in northern Greece to provide further testimony after the charges against him were elevated to manslaughter with possible intent.
A 2.5-year-old girl had to be intubated at a hospital in Corinth after she was infected with Covid-19.
A Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a military drone, entered Athens FIR on Thursday without submitting a flight plan and violated Greek airspace, the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) said.
Greece-based Mediterranean Gas has received non-binding interest from domestic and foreign companies which exceeded the capacity of its planned floating gas storage and regasification (FSRU) unit in central Greece, it said on Thursday.
Greece is contemplating issuing its first green sovereign bond in 2023 to support the implementation of its sustainability agenda and enhance its funding strategy, the country’s debt agency PDMA said in its report for its Funding Strategy for 2023 on Thursday.