March inflation below eurozone average
The eurozone inflation rate eased to 6.9% in March from 8.5% in February and 7.4% in March 2022, Eurostat said on Wednesday.
Bond re-issue more than five times oversubscribed
The reopening of a 10-year Greek bond issue was more than five times oversubscribed during an auction held on Wednesday.
Why China’s shrinking population is a problem for everyone
Despite the cancellation years ago of China’s harsh, Mao-era restriction on families to a single child, and even after more recent incentives urging families to have more children, China’s population is steadily shrinking – a momentous shift that will soon leave India as the world’s most populous nation and have broad rippling effects both domestically…
Menendez: Turkey must ‘end belligerence’ toward Greece to get F-16s
US Senator Robert Menedez (D-NJ), the powerful chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, says that Turkey should not get new F-16 fighter planes and upgrade kits until they “end their belligerence” towards Greece, news site Politico reports.
Cyprus says will not tolerate sanctions-busting amid scrutiny
Cyprus on Wednesday said it would not tolerate any deviation from EU sanctions on Russia, and said it was in touch with the US and Britain after a number of its nationals were blacklisted last week as sanctions-busting enablers.
Keravnos wants lending rates contained
Cyprus’ Finance Minister, Makis Keravnos, has written letters to the director general of the Cyprus Banks Association and the director general of the Association of Credit Acquisition Companies and Credit Facility Managers, requesting measures to control rising lending rates for serviceable loans up to 350,000 euros.
From my trusted Olivetti to ChatGPT
I first saw a computer in 1972, in Karlsruhe. My daughter showed it to me at the German university where she was studying. It was a bulky thing; meant for shared use. I struggled to match her enthusiasm for all the wonderful things this contraption could do.
WSJ: Ukraine asks Turkey to impound ship with stolen barley
Ukrainian authorities have asked Turkey to impound a ship carrying 19,000 tons of barley harvested from regions occupied by Russia, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Budget exceeds expectations
Tax revenue significantly surpassed targets in the first quarter of 2023, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.
Police suspect hooligans in Thessaloniki mall brawl
Police on Wednesday were investigating whether a street brawl that occurred the previous night in Thessaloniki was linked to sport-related violence.