Late buys led to mild ATHEX rise
For the second straight session, the Athens Stock Exchange followed European markets in posting mild gains.
For the second straight session, the Athens Stock Exchange followed European markets in posting mild gains.
Labor inspectors have intensified their checks, looking for businesses that violate workplace regulations.
Firefighters in the northeast of the country are continuing to battle a fire that broke out in a remote forested area on a ridge of Mount Pangaio near Kavala.
A British tourist who disappeared on Wednesday from a beach in Rhodes was found dead on Thursday afternoon. The lifeless body of the 48-year-old was found on Paradisi beach by a local resident.
News reports state that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will visit Turkey on September 4 and meet with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which is seen as another sign of Ankara’s rapprochement with Cairo.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will attend a meeting of European Union ministers in Brussels next week that Ankara hopes will pave the way for improved ties with the bloc, the ministry’s spokesperson said on Thursday.
The European Commission confirmed on Thursday that the production of 12 new DHC 515 firefighting aircraft, an improved version of the Canadair 415, is under way.
The festering tension within main opposition SYRIZA was on display again on Thursday after the leadership of Stefanos Kasselakis was openly challenged in the post-summer meeting of the party’s political secretariat.
Kamala Harris was due to accept the nomination of the Democratic Party in Chicago last night, becoming Donald Trump’s official rival for the presidency.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s incoming class of 2028 saw a precipitous drop-off in the percentage of Black, Hispanic, Native American and Pacific Islander students, the university announced Wednesday.