More than 3,600 deaths due to infections caused by antibiotic-resistant microbes and 166,000 days of hospitalization per year could be prevented in Greece, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The government will rely on public investments to keep the Greek economy in positive territory in 2023 and to ensure higher performance than the European average, as can be seen from next year’s budget submitted to the Parliament on Monday.
Turkey’s Russian-made surface-to-air missile batteries are ready for action and will be used if the country is threatened, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has said.
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias’ planned visit last week to Tripoli, Libya, to meet the head of Libya’s Presidential Council, Mohamed Menfi, ended before it even started when the Tripoli-based government’s foreign minister Najla Mangoush tried to force a meeting at the airport.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit a town in northwest Turkey early Wednesday, causing widespread panic but there was no immediate report of major damage, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency said.
In 2015, Yusra and Sarah Mardini, two sisters fleeing war-torn Syria, had to swim for their lives reaching Lesvos after their inflatable dinghy broke down in the middle of the Aegean Sea.
Demand for short-term rentals over the winter months of December-February nationwide is 57% less than in 2019 and down 9% on 2021 based on the number of bookings made so far according to data from the company AirDNA, which records the course of short-term rentals.
The editor of the newspaper Documento, journalist Kostas Vaxevanis, who has named specific politicians, journalists and businessmen as victims of the wiretapping case, testified on Tuesday at the Athens Public Prosecutor’s Office, which is handling the investigations into the allegations of interception of communications.
The 2023 budget foresees limited borrowing from the markets for the Greek state.
Greece is growing strongly in 2022 amid difficult circumstances, demonstrating higher resilience than the European average, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said on Tuesday in the context of the 5th Athens Investment Forum.