Banks are investing in bonds
Greek banks made new purchases of bonds and investment assets amounting to 9.3 billion euros in 2023.
67 hooligans charged with 28 offences
A prosecutor has charged 67 Olympiakos club hooligans, arrested on Monday for their involvement in the fatal injury of the riot policeman Giorgos Lygeridis, with 28 charges, including 12 felonies.
Erdogan says he does not believe Hamas will leave Qatar
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said he does not believe the Palestinian militant group Hamas will leave Qatar, where it is based, adding he had seen no such signs that Doha wished the group to leave, either.
Double standards
New Democracy’s decision to nominate Fredi Beleri, the imprisoned mayor of Himare, as a candidate for the European Parliament aims to highlight Albania’s violation of the rule of law as a European concern. Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis made this clear on Wednesday, while also condemning attempts to monopolize these “progressive” issues. Indeed, the government’s stance…
Italian researcher claims to have located Plato’s burial place
An Italian researcher believes he has identified the location of Plato’s burial place in Athens by analyzing papyri from Herculaneum.
Suspended sentence for police officer for migrant smuggling
A police officer in Thessaloniki has been handed a suspended sentence of 7 years and 8 months for his involvement in the attempted smuggling of migrants through the city’s airport.
US incentives luring Greek industries
The generous incentives provided in the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is not lost on extroverted Greek businesses. Following the lead of other large European industrial companies, Cenergy Holdings and cement manufacturer Titan are giving their own “vote of confidence” to the US as an investment destination and the Biden administration’s $369 billion financial package…
The ‘spectacular turnaround’ in investments in Greece
With investments in Greece on the rise, Michael Arghyrou, the head of the Council of Economic Advisors for Greece’s Finance Ministry, joins Thanos Davelis to look at how these investments are transforming Greece’s economy, and to bust some of the myths around investments in Greece.
Finance ministry to halve commission paid for small POS transactions
The Greek Finance Ministry will table legislation within the next two weeks halving the fees for POS transactions, MInister Kostis Hatzidakis said on Tuesday.
EU lawmakers back Ukraine food import extension, with curbs
The European Parliament voted on Tuesday to back a year-long extension to tariff-free trade for Ukrainian farm produce, while introducing new curbs on the level of imports to assuage protesting EU farmers.