Second Greek disaster management team departs for Hatay
A second Greek special disaster management team (EMAK) departed Thessaloniki for the earthquake-stricken Turkish city of Hatay shortly before 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
ATHEX: Biggest daily advance in four months
Thursday’s announcement of the MSCI index restructuring and rumors from abroad about certain funds shifting from the Istanbul bourse to the Athens Stock Exchange came on top of anticipation of new mergers and acquisitions in the local market on Wednesday, further boosting the Greek benchmark.
Greece’s allies in fight for Parthenon Marbles
“We learn to pick our fights in multilateral diplomacy, and [the return of the Parthenon Sculptures] was worth fighting for,” sums up one of Greece’s unexpected allies. Egyptian diplomat Maged Mosleh is speaking for the first time about the battle fought – and won – by Greece at the UNESCO Intergovernmental
Reactionary forces
Reactions to the government’s decision to switch to remote learning, an understandably emergency measure, for the duration of the snowstorm that hit Greece are indicative of a more profound trend.
Turkey earthquake and elections
Famines, earthquakes and all other calamities can save or destroy political careers.
KYSEA meeting chaired by PM discusses progress in implementing arms programmes
The progress in implementing Greece’s arms programs was the main focus of the National Council on National Security (KYSEA), which met at the Maximos Mansion on Wednesday, chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Realty rate hikes up for review
Nearly half of the country’s municipalities (44%) are calling for a reduction in the property rates used for tax purposes (known as “objective values”) or even a return to 2018 levels.
Actor found guilty of two charges of attempted rape, innocent of rape
The court announced its verdict in the trial of well-known actor Petros Filippidis on Wednesday. Specifically, he was found unanimously innocent on the charge of serial rape but was found unanimously guilty of two charges of attempted rape.
Greek rescuers find young boy in Hatay earthquake ruins
Greek EMAK emergency rescue team members on Wednesday focused on trying to pull out another child found in the ruins of a building in Hatay, the southeastern town in Turkey, following a devastating earthquake on Monday that has claimed over 11,000 dead in the country and nearby Syria.
Coast Guard rescues migrants missing after Lesvos shipwreck
Greece has rescued seven more migrants who were missing following Tuesday’s shipwreck off the island of Lesvos in which three people drowned, bringing the number of survivors to 39, the coast guard said on Wednesday.