ATHEX: Bourse ends session on the day’s high
The Greek bourse’s strongest stocks acted in unison to take the benchmark higher on Tuesday, with its closing marking the day’s high too.
EU companies hit by Russia sanctions can get 400,000 euros aid: EU document
EU companies affected by sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine can get up to 400,000 euros ($441,320) in state aid, according to a European Commission document seen by Reuters.
Greeks in favor of shift to green policies
Most Greeks believe climate policies will make their life better, boost growth and create more jobs, according to a European Investment Bank survey released on Tuesday. The EIB found out that two-thirds of Greeks (67%) believe their quality of life will improve, with greater convenience in their everyday lives and a positive impact on the…
Like 1939, but with nuclear weapons
“In the post-Stalinist period there was the Politburo around the Soviet leader. Russia was a collective autocracy. Now it is a single-headed autocracy.” This is one of the insights on Russia of Ivo Daalder, US ambassador to NATO during the Obama years.
Athens suburb, village in Pella welcome Ukrainian refugees
The mayor of a suburb in southern Athens and a village in northern Greece welcomed on Tuesday refugee families who arrived from Ukraine a few days ago.
Former EU economy commissioner sees looser fiscal rules in 2023 also
“Growth forecasts will need to be revised downwards, even without falling into recession,” Joaquin Almunia, chairman of the board of the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and a former European commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, tells Kathimerini.
Police locate kidnapping hideout
Police on Tuesday said they had located a hideout where 41-year-old businessman was held after his kidnapping. The hideout, located in the northern Athens suburb of Halandri, is believed to be one of two locations where Giorgos Kyparissis was detained by his captors.
Illegal demands
The much-discussed “joint exploitation” of resources in the Aegean Sea presupposes, as the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias rightly stated, an agreement on the maritime zones and on precisely what belongs to whom.
The ‘yes, buts’ keeping us in the mire
The incessant bickering on social media propagates and demonstrates what we have been observing for years: that those who don’t want something to happen invoke some weighty and often pompous argument to agree with a proposal but to also express so many reservations as to undermine any change.
Greece does not expect Ukraine crisis to derail economy ‘at the moment’
Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said on Tuesday he did not “at the moment” expect the Ukraine crisis to derail Greek economic growth.