The definitive budget implementation data for the first seven months of the year that were released Thursday confirmed the existence of excess tax receipts, although, at €4.8 billion, the extra inflows are lower than the €5.1 billion estimate based on provisional figures.
Turkey represents the most “persistent threat” in the Eastern Mediterranean, US Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, told an event at the University of Athens on Friday.
Debt collection agencies will start selling back to the banks portfolios of distressed loans that have been put back on a payment schedule.
Three young Dutch tourists were injured, with one of them hospitalized, while four of their compatriots were arrested after a brawl broke out in the popular resort of Hersonissos on the island of Crete.
A 37-year-old man accused of attacking a family of German tourists in Perama-Mylopotamos on Crete on August 19 was temporarily detained in Rethymno on Friday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, on Friday. The two men discussed US-Greek ties, with Mitsotakis stating that relations between the two countries are at their highest point.
Pop opera sensation Emma Shapplin is taking the stage at the Gis Theater in Thessaloniki on September 4 and at the Galatsi Olympic Hall for the CT Garden Festival in Athens on September 6.
Greek stocks ended slightly down despite being under selling pressure almost throughout Friday’s session. The general index ended 0.27% lower, at 893.74 points.
More than 54 kilos of cocaine valued at 2.3 million euros was detected and seized by the Piraeus Port Customs Office on Monday.