EU nod for sale of Ethniki Asfalistiki to CVC Capital Partners
Brussels has given its approval for the completion of the Ethniki Asfalistiki takeover by the CVC Capital Partners investment fund.
Brussels has given its approval for the completion of the Ethniki Asfalistiki takeover by the CVC Capital Partners investment fund.
As Russia’s incursion into Ukraine continued on Friday, reaching Kyiv, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitstotakis said that “Greece has always been on the right side of history and will be now.”
The trial of prominent actor and former National Theater director Dimitris Lignadis on charges of raping four underage males will continue on March 3 before a mixed jury court.
The Greek bourse benchmark on Friday recovered more than two-thirds of the major losses it had suffered on Thursday, bouncing back above 900 points.
The fountain on Omonia Square in central Athens and the building of Technopolis in the district of Gazi were illuminated in the colors of the Ukrainian flag on Friday night, as a sign of solidarity to Ukraine, following Russia’s invasion.
The tax administration is set to gain easy access to detailed records of some 3.5 million taxpayers with debts to the state as of this September with the activation of the Eispraxis database.
Street magazine Shedia turns 9 years old on Sunday and is celebrating its anniversary with a special event at its Shedia Home venue in downtown Athens.
Ankara has taken its allegations of human rights violations by Greece to the United Nations, accusing it of pushbacks and refugee and migrant deaths in the Aegean.
Piraeus Bank, one of Greece’s four largest lenders, said on Friday its operations in Ukraine comprise a financial institution, JSC Piraeus Bank ICB, and investments in real estate assets.
Bulgaria has sent Greece a request to reserve capacity at the Revythoussa LNG Terminal operated by the Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator (DESFA), Athens-Macedonian News Agency sources said on Friday, in order to secure quantities of natural gas in case of a disruption of the supply from Russia.