Earlier this month, the United States surprised Greece and its two primary partners in the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum, Israel and Cyprus, by withdrawing its backing for a natural gas pipeline that would have connected them to Europe.
Greek stocks continued on Monday on their downward path, which had started on Friday, with the majority posting a moderate decline, although banks remained the least affected sector.
Hermes Airports, the consortium that manages and controls the two international airports in the Republic of Cyprus, announced on Monday it has signed the Toulouse Declaration, which, it said, reinforces its commitment to a net-zero future.
The European Investment Bank agreed on Monday to supply over 700 million euros in support to a number of state projects in Greece, chief among which are the new metro line in central Athens and the further digitalization of the public sector.
New Democracy has expelled Petros Doukas, mayor of Sparta and a former deputy foreign and finance minister, following his claim that the party won the 2007 elections by handing out money to the victims of the deadly wildfires that devastated the region of Ilia earlier that summer.
As of Monday, the vaccination certificates of 324,000 people who did not take their booster shot for Covid-19 became invalid, Secretary General of Primary Health Care of the Ministry of Health Marios Themistokleous said.
Credit Suisse faced charges in a Swiss court on Monday of allowing an alleged Bulgarian cocaine trafficking gang to launder millions of euros, some of it stuffed into suitcases.
The leadership of the Hellenic Police has ordered a sworn administrative inquiry on Monday to investigate five police officers and has suspended three of them in connection to the escape of five convicts in the early hours of Monday morning.
Deputy Digital Governance Minister Giorgos Georgantas will be the new Rural Development and Food minister, following the resignation of Spilios Livanos on Monday.
The number of Covid-related deaths rose above 100 again on Monday after the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) reported 95 on Sunday and 72 on Saturday.