The Greek Embassy in Kyiv, whose staff was evacuated from the city for security reasons shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reopened on Tuesday, Greece’s Foreign Ministry confirmed in a statement.
Greece’s annual consumer inflation jumped to its highest level in 28 years in April at 10.2% on the back of surging costs for energy, housing, transportation and foods, official data showed on Tuesday.
Greece’s economy is forecast to expand by 2.9% this year with growth expected to pick up to 3.5% in 2023, helped by increased disbursement of funds from the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Facility, the EBRD projected on Tuesday.
Divers are seen conducting research at the wreck of the Mentor, one of the vessels used by Lord Elgin to transport antiquities that he had removed, among other things, from the monuments of the Acropolis.
A court in Iraklio, Crete, on Tuesday acquitted a man of charges of childhood neglect and endangerment after his 2-year-old daughter was found wandering in the street in the middle of the night.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis completed his visit on Monday to the United Arab Emirate with the signing of a series of important agreements, while making the case for Greece’s potential as an energy gateway.
Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to talk about the agenda leading up to Prime Minister Mitsotakis’ visit to the US, and analyze the latest diplomatic developments that include a 3+1 meeting at the foreign minister level and saw Prime Minister Mitsotakis travel to the UAE.
Commuters and motorists in the Greek capital are in for a hassle on Tuesday, as there will be no metro or tram service from 9 a.m. until noon, and key thoroughfares will be closed by two protest rallies taking place in downtown Athens.
Prices will remain high for the next two years but will peak in 2022, Senior Global Economist at Goldman Sachs Daan Struyven tells Kathimerini, warning of the risk of inflation triggering a wage-price spiral that will have negative consequences on investments and growth.
Never before has Greece had half a million tourists from the United States in one year, or more than 60 direct weekly flights between the US and Athens, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias told Skai Radio, adding that the government expects significant revenues from the sector in 2022.