Sale of NBG stake proceeds
The government will dispose of approximately 10% of the 18.39% stake held by the state in the National Bank of Greece.
PM braces for busy week in New York
The next steps in Greek-Turkish relations will be at stake in a meeting on Tuesday between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
EU member Cyprus calls on Lebanon, Israel to show restraint in Middle East
Cyprus’s president called for restraint over escalating tensions in the Middle East in separate telephone conversations with the Lebanese and Israeli prime ministers on Saturday, his spokesperson said in a statement.
Saving the post-Byzantine legacy of Imbros and Tenedos
The European Center for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments (ECBCMM) completed one of its most important projects over the summer: the conservation of the ecclesiastical equipment of two churches of Imbros (Gokceada in Turkish), the birthplace of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, and 42 portable icons from the Church of the Virgin Mary of Tenedos (Bozcaada in Turkish).
Ideal Holdings returns to industrial sector
Athens-listed company Ideal Holdings is about to acquire a yet unnamed Greek industry with production facilities inside the country.
Covid shots coming to neighborhood pharmacies
Vaccinations for Covid-19 will, for the first time, be available at neighborhood pharmacies as of this fall, in an effort to simplify the process so that an ever larger part of the population can get the shot.
Louvre to open Byzantine and Eastern Christian Art department in 2027
Greece will play a central role in the new Byzantine and Eastern Christian Art department in the Louvre in Paris, its director has said.
Power consumption charged by the hour
Billing will be done in real time, every 15 minutes, allowing small business to reduce energy costs
Ancient Greek vase gifted to an Italian leader is returned by his family to Greece
A valuable ancient vase gifted more than 70 years ago by the Greek government to an Italian prime minister has been voluntarily returned to Greece by the former statesman’s grandson.
Suspended sentence for professor who demanded kickbacks from students
A court has sentenced a university professor to 17 months’ imprisonment, suspended for three years, after finding him guilty of attempting to extort his students.