A Labor Ministry amendment tabled in Parliament outlines the terms and conditions for handing out an emergency benefit to be paid to vulnerable groups (low-income pensioners, people with disabilities, uninsured elderly people and those receiving the minimum guaranteed income or child benefits) to help them cope with the current wave of high prices.
The high gains of the two previous days predictably led to some profit taking by traders on Wednesday, especially as far as bank stocks were concerned.
Upgrading the country’s power grid requires time and money. However, the petty corruption which fosters electricity theft from utilities should have already been eliminated.
The country’s gas grid operator will review its plans on additional cargoes of liquefied natural gas that Greece might need if Russia stops gas supplies to the country, the energy ministry said on Wednesday.
We shouldn’t start complaining again. Yes, Turkey is playing ball at the moment. After it opened up a number of fronts, developments meant it had to close them with quick and rather spectacular moves.
A prosecutor in Athens charged a 33-year-old woman with homicide on Wednesday over the death of her 9-year-old daughter, who passed away in hospital in January. According to the case file, the 9-year-old died from the administration of a toxic substance.
Greek health authorities said they recorded 22,451 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, a drop from Tuesday’s 28,933, however deaths rose to 60 from 49 the day before.
Greek police on Wednesday detained the mother of three young girls who died in the space of three years.
Higher energy prices will have a negative impact on Greece’s economic growth this year, the finance minister said on Wednesday, adding that he plans to submit a supplementary budget for 2022 to include extra spending.