Greek state preparing to issue bonds in anticipation of Fitch verdict
The Finance Ministry is preparing to return to capital markets this month, in anticipation of a decision by Fitch over the country’s credit rating on January 14.
The injustices of Guantánamo
In August 1944, Private First Class Louis Cooperberg, a US Army medic, wrote to his sister Eleanor in Brooklyn about his experience treating wounded Nazi soldiers on the front line. “I give them the same care, the same treatment I give our own boys,” Private Cooperberg wrote. “Yet all the while, I know these same…
Economy of Cyprus to keep growing
The Cypriot economy in 2021 recovered the output lost during the 2020 Covid crisis and will continue to grow at an average rate of 3.7% in the years 2022–2024, the Central Bank of Cyprus expects.
Bulgaria, Romania see benefits and snags since joining EU
Fifteen years after Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union, many residents say the former communist nations certainly are better for it. But the two countries still have a way to go to deliver on ending endemic corruption and generating the kind of economic growth that would keep their citizens from leaving to seek financial…
Apollon keeper Verhulst stops Olympiakos
Apollon Smyrnis held Olympiakos to a goalless draw at home on Wednesday, at the dawn of the new year for the Super League, allowing AEK to reduce the distance from the Reds to nine points.
270,000 extra vaccination slots made available for next 10 days
Another 270,000 vaccination slots for people aged 12 and over are now available over the next 10 days, the government announced on Wednesday.
Social compliance
If the two years since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic are any guide, it is safe to say that the effectiveness of safety measures against Covid-19 relies largely on social attitudes.
The West faced with its own creation
“Sitting at the embassy in Moscow in the mid-nineties, it seemed to me that NATO expansion was premature at best and needlessly provocative at worst.”
On ends and beginnings
For some reason, “Don’t Look Up,” a film directed by Adam McKay and released on Netflix shortly before Christmas, appears to have divided its audience between those who adored it (excessively) and those who detested it (excessively).
Woman dies in house fire in Kilkis
A woman in her 60s died in a house fire in the northern city of Kilkis on Wednesday.