The extra strong interest in the placement of the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund’s stake in Piraeus Bank, displayed from the first day, on Monday, has led to the sale of the entire holding of the state in the lender and at the top end of the price range, as offers exceeded 6 billion euros.
The Health Ministry is reportedly preparing a special program for obesity, as citizens and many doctors still do not consider it a disease and do not take targeted measures to deal with it. The program will focus on prevention, early diagnosis and treatment with free follow-up by a nutritionist and other professionals.
Minister of Shipping and Island Policy Christos Stylianidis is close to securing subsidies and credits of about 1.5 billion euros to finance new coastal passenger ferries, which will drastically reduce the sector’s carbon dioxide emissions.
Victoria Nuland, the third-highest ranking US diplomat and frequent target of criticism for her hawkish views on Russia and its actions in Ukraine, will retire and leave her post this month, the State Department said Tuesday.
In a move aimed, according to sources, at bolstering Greece’s National Intelligence Service (EYP) in its fight against organized crime, the government on Tuesday replaced the agency’s deputy chief, Lieutenant-General Giorgos Kellis, with Antonis Tzitzis, a former officer of the Greek Police (ELAS).
Former Prime Minister and former leftist SYRIZA head Alexis Tsipras was elected as president of the Council of Europe’s Sub-Committee on the Western Balkans with 80% of the vote.
The Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) is seeking to make a huge leap.
The Athens prosecutor’s office got involved in the privacy-breach investigation of which European People’s Party MEP and ruling New Democracy official Anna-Michelle Assimakopoulou has been accused of.
The Athens prosecutor’s office has ordered an investigation into SYRIZA head Stefanos Kasselakis’ shipping business interests in the United States after documents revealed that he has owned a company abroad.