A return to gains for stocks
Greek stocks returned to gains Wednesday after Tuesday’s slight correction.
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Some 27 countries to be represented at Thessaloniki fair
A total of 27 countries will be represented by exhibitors in the 88th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), running September 7-15 in the northern port city’s HELEXPO Exhibition & Congress Center.
Cyprus’ justice minister lauds limits on away fans at high-risk soccer games but full ban preferable
The Cyprus soccer association’s new limits on the number of fans who can travel with their team to away games are a positive step toward curbing stadium violence, even though the government sought to extend a full ban on travelling supporters, Cyprus’ justice minister has said.
Police informed municipality that deadly amusement park ride had no license
Police reportedly informed a municipality in Halkidiki early last month that an amusement park ride, in which a teen lost his life on Monday, did not have required operating license.
People may have forgotten Covid, but the virus persists
Greek hospital admissions due to Covid-19 have been relatively high during the summer, with the National Public Health Organization reporting 817 in its latest weekly report.
Rules in political speech
Politicians must observe elementary rules of conduct in their public speech. Inexperience is no excuse, nor, of course, is the individual “temperament.”
Contagious laxity
Laxity in following the rules has been part of our culture for decades – and in some cases we pay dearly for it. We saw it in the train collision at Tempe, in Tuesday’s accident at an amusement park, on city sidewalks that have become motorcycle tracks, on ferries carrying people in chaotic disorder, and…
Greek oil tanker drifting and ablaze after repeated attacks in the Red Sea, British military says
A Greek-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attack Wednesday, leaving the vessel “not under command” and drifting ablaze after an assault suspected to have been carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the British military said.
Olympic spat: Officials at ancient birthplace of games upset at venue to choose new IOC president
Officials in Ancient Olympia are protesting the decision to hold the next International Olympic Committee session in a neighboring region of the Peloponnese, rather than at the birthplace of the Olympic Games.