Public health expenditure for the care of patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in Greece amounted to €2.237 billion in 2021, according to a study by Oxford Population Health’s Health Economics Research Center presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Amsterdam in August.
Former prime minister and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras was scheduled to make a private visit to the residence of Zoran Zaev, the former prime minister of North Macedonia, in Strumica, in response to Zaev’s invitation.
Eleni Mitroussia, 76, stands besides what is left of her belongings in the village of Farkadona, in central Greece. The house where she had lived for 60 years was destroyed earlier in September, in the floods brought by Storm Daniel.
Greek runner Fotis Zisimopoulos has achieved a historic victory in the 41st Spartathlon, surpassing the record set by Yiannis Kouros in 1984.
The Greek Parliament is set to present the draft state budget for 2024 on Monday, and it includes a forecast of a 2.1% primary surplus on GDP for the year 2024.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is this week embarking on a campaign trail to lend his support to conservative candidates in the lead-up to the local and regional elections on October 8, as well as the runoff elections scheduled for the 15th.
The local and regional elections that will take place on October 8 – and the 15th for runoffs – were supposed to be of limited importance, following the ruling conservative New Democracy’s triumph in the May and June national elections.
The president of the European Parliament said Sunday she has conveyed the legislative body’s support for the appointment of a United Nations envoy to evaluate the chances of resuming stalemated talks to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus.
The recent spike in migrant flows, including from Turkey to Greece, has put the issue front and center in the revived talks between officials of the two countries now that bilateral relations have improved. But migration could easily turn into a source of renewed friction.
The Public Debt Management Agency announced last Friday that this Wednesday it is planning to auction 13-week treasury bills in book entry form to the amount of 625 million euros.