Five candidates vying for presidency of SYRIZA οn Sunday
The election for a new leader to replace Alexis Tsipras at the helm of the main opposition SYRIZA party will take place on Sunday, with five candidates in the race.
New Moody’s credit rating stops short of restoring Greek bonds to investment grade
Greece’s economy received a substantial vote of confidence late Friday from Moody’s ratings agency, which upgraded the country’s credit rating by two notches but stopped just short of returning the formerly struggling country to formal financial respectability.
Greek-French deal on space technology inked
French company Promethee and Greek company Terra Spatium, both of which are engaged in space technology with applications for better responses to natural disasters and strengthening of space assets, signed a strategic cooperation agreement on Friday at the French Embassy in the presence of Maximos Senetakis, the deputy minister of development.
Fernando Botero, artist of whimsical rotundity, is dead at 91
Fernando Botero, the Colombian whose voluptuous pictures and sculptures of overstuffed generals, bishops, prostitutes, housewives and other products of his whimsical imagination made him one of the world’s best-known artists, died Friday in Monaco. He was 91.
More Nordic flights to go to Cyprus
Cyprus’ Deputy Minister for Tourism Kostas Koumis had important contacts in recent days in Stockholm and Helsinki, with the aim of increasing the number of air seats that fly to the island in 2024.
Why Washington needs a new approach to Turkey’s Erdogan
Henri Barkey, the Cohen Professor of International Relations at Lehigh University and Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins Thanos Davelis to explain why Washington needs a new approach to dealing with Turkey and President Erdogan.
Time is ticking away
The worst flood in Greece’s modern history, which transformed the Thessaly Plain into a lake within just a few hours, consuming people, animals, homes and livelihoods, has cast a dark shadow over society. What’s more, it comes just after the massive ecological disaster at Evros.
Greece’s (very close) ties with Bulgaria
Bulgaria’s nomination as country of honor at this year’s Thessaloniki International Fair may come as a surprise at first. This is an honor that is usually reserved for countries with a powerful economy and significant investment interest in the host country.
ATHEX: Much needed rebound for benchmark
The September triple witching and the index rebalancing sent turnover at the Greek stock market soaring on Friday.
A shield against disaster
The cost of natural disasters is becoming increasingly unbearable. It is easy to say that infrastructure and buildings must be more resilient, but it is impossible to tear the entire country down and rebuild it from scratch.