Banks and companies that manage bad loans are concerned in view of the upcoming difficult winter in terms of energy rates, the new increase in interest rates that the ECB is expected to announce on Thursday, and the increased obligations this period creates for households at the start of the school year.
The Slovak President visited Athens on Tuesday as the political crisis gripping her country peaked, after the four-party coalition government of Premier Eduard Heger lost its parliamentary majority, following the resignation of ministers from the center-right Freedom and Solidarity (SaS).
A horse in Corfu has died after it was left by its owner in the blazing sun without any water or food, state-run broadcaster ERT reported on Thursday.
Authorities on the Ionian island of Zakynthos have closed off Navagio beach, a popular tourist destination famous for its signature shipwreck, after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake earlier on Thursday caused large rocks from the surrounding cliffs to fall into the bay.
Opposition lawmakers participating in a parliamentary committee tasked with investigating Greece’s wiretapping scandal left in protest a preparatory panel meeting on Thursday, after the ruling Conservatives rejected what the MPs considered as “essential witnesses” in the probe.
A branch of Piraeus Bank was robbed in Nea Halkidona, Attica, on Thursday afternoon. According to early reports available to Kathimerini, the gunman seized an unknown amount of money at gunpoint before fleeing the scene.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday said that the announcement of United Group’s new investment in Greece is proof that both domestic and foreign investors trust in Greece’s prospects, at a meeting with representatives of United Group at the Maximos Mansion.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen is the first global shipping company to adopt a fully AI-based approach to voyage optimization. Having implemented livestreaming of vital data onboard 65 vessels, this new approach will help reduce fuel consumption by up to 10%.
The president of socialist PASOK/KINAL, Nikos Androulakis, asked the independent watchdog on communication privacy which is investigating his wiretapping to hand over a copy of his file and any available material the body will collect from Greece’s intelligence service during its inquiry, the party announced Thursday.
Excavations for the Thessaloniki metro have brought to light such a wealth of antiquities that the northern port city will also be getting two new museums along with the much-needed urban transport system, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni told a press conference on Wednesday.