Ross Daly Quartet | Athens | November 11-14
Ireland-to-Greece transplant Ross Daly – founder of the Labyrinth Musical Workshop on Crete – is coming to Athens with his ensemble and a few special guests for a run of shows at the Half Note.
DESFA starts operation of Revithoussa FSU
Greek gas grid operator DESFA on Monday announced the start of operation of the Floating Storage Unit (FSU) installed by DESFA at Revithoussa, with the unloading of the first liquefied natural gas cargo by Mytilineos.
ATHEX: Stock index refuses to yield ground
With its eyes and ears turned to the midterm elections in the US, it was a mixed picture on the Greek market on Tuesday, as the early gains gave way to losses before sellers got the upper hand focusing on certain blue chips.
A joint responsibility
It’s starting to sound like nothing more than wishful thinking, but Greece genuinely cannot afford to waste any more energy on a toxic pre-election war that will steer the conversation far away from the real challenges.
Costa Navarino picks up WTM award for reducing plastic waste
Costa Navarino landed the silver award in the “Reduction of Plastic Waste in the Environment” category at this year’s WTM World Responsible Tourism Awards, as part of the international tourism exhibition World Travel Market 2022 in London.
Increase in fixed mortgage interest rates
Piraeus Bank and National Bank have raised their fixed mortgage interest rates by 0.7 and 0.5 percentage points respectively, following the general trend in the market for readjustments in long-term fixed interest rates, which was launched the previous month by both Alpha Bank and Eurobank.
Coca-Cola HBC keeps its fizz on robust demand
Coca-Cola HBC raised its full-year profit forecast on Tuesday, as the soft drinks bottler benefited from resilient demand and said price rises and promotions would protect profits. Inflation at multi-year highs has pinched household budgets and forced consumers to cut their spending, but Coca-Cola is among the packaged food makers enjoying steady demand.
High stakes in US midterms
“Whoever voted Biden owes me gas money,” say millions of posters and stickers on the back windows of massive semi-trucks across the United States, expressing the mounting frustration at the hike in fuel prices. This is, after all, why the American president’s advisers have for months been asking him to focus his campaign for the…
Police investigate likely murder-suicide
Investigators in the southern Peloponnese started an examination on Tuesday into the circumstances into a likely murder-suicide in which a married couple was found dead.
Alpha Bank reports lower Q3 profit, upbeat for 2023
Alpha Bank, Greece’s third-largest lender by market value, reported lower net earnings in July-to-September compared with the second quarter on weaker fees and commissions but stronger net interest income.