The government is set to announce the extension of subsidies for power bills into the first few months of the year, with priority being given to vulnerable households, using property assets as a criterion so as to exclude holiday and secondary homes.
Justice Minister Kostas Tsiaras and Akis Skertsos, the deputy minister to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, announced Tuesday, separately, that they had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
The value of e-commerce activity totaled 14 billion euros in 2021, a survey by ELTRUN and the Association of Business and Retail Sales of Greece (HRBA) said on Tuesday.
Piraeus Bank said on Tuesday it had reached a deal to sell a portfolio of nonperforming shipping loans to an entity affiliated with Davidson Kempner Capital Management.
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said Wednesday he discussed the situation in Ukraine and the Western Balkans with Wendy Sherman, US Deputy Secretary of State. In a tweet, Dendias also said he briefed Sherman “on Turkey’s recent provocative statements.”
Over a million Greek citizens have downloaded the government’s Covid Free GR Wallet app, Digital Governance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis tweeted on Tuesday.
The State Department readout of the phone conversation between Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman does not mention Turkey.
After over a month-and-a-half of languishing below the 900-point mark, the benchmark of the Greek stock market cleared that bar with relative ease on Tuesday, despite some reluctance shown by banks. It followed the jump in European bourses and the historic highs seen in New York indexes this week.
With a little bit of luck, and if the sky does not fall on our heads (as the ancient Gauls said in the Asterix comics), the new year that just dawned will be better than the previous one, mainly because the issue that has occupied our lives since the start of 2020 – the coronavirus…
The government should “stop fooling around and provide molecular (PCR) and rapid tests for free, like nearly all European countries,” main opposition SYRIZA said on Tuesday.