New tender for smart meters also hits a snag
The specter of legal adventures has returned to haunt the new tender for the installation of smart meters.
Actor gets 8 years for rape attempts; sentence suspended pending appeal
A mixed jury court on Thursday unanimously handed TV and theater actor Petros Filippidis an eight-year jail sentence for the attempted rape of two actresses in 2010 and 2014.
Cooperative banks’ concentration process
The consolidation plan of the cooperative banks is in full progress, following the revoking of the license of Olympus Cooperative Bank and the transfer of the deposits it held to National Bank of Greece.
ATHEX: Local stocks continue to climb
With the positive course of stock prices continuing in Athens and the closure of the Istanbul stock market until next Tuesday, Athinon Avenue is growing stronger by the day.
Bank branch robbed with threat of explosives
A bank branch was robbed on Thursday afternoon in Agia Paraskevi in northern Athens by a hooded assailant who threatened staff that he would cause an explosion if they did not hand over cash.
One more extension for projects
The state will allow for the completion of investment projects subject to the 2004 investment incentives law as many as 21 years after their approval.
PM meets with Presidents Macron and Zelensky in Brussels
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with French President Emmanuel Macron and also attended a group meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the sidelines of the European Council meeting in Brussels on Thursday.
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Far-right party banned from upcoming election in Greece
Greece’s parliament has banned a far-right political party led by a jailed former lawmaker from participating in the general election later this year. Parliament published the text of a legislative amendment Thursday that will disqualify the Greek National Party on the grounds that its leader has been convicted of a serious criminal offense. Lawmakers approved…
FM meets his counterpart, deputy FMs in Paraguay
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias was welcomed by his counterpart in Paraguay Julio César Arriola in Asunción, in the presence of Deputy FMs Raúl Silvero Silvano and Enrique Franco, he said in a tweet on Thursday.