The European Union’s first preference is to reach a negotiated solution with the United States over trade, but if discussions do not lead to a solution, the EU will respond with countermeasures, Valdis Dombrovskis said in Washington.
Fifteen years to the day since Greece entered its first IMF bailout program, Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis addressed the institution that once symbolized economic hardship and painful austerity. This time, the message was one of recovery, resilience and reform.
National Economy and Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has been paying a visit to the US since Wednesday, participating in the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Greece is planning to pay back the first bailout memorandum’s loans earlier than the deadline, Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis confirmed on Wednesday.
A worker checks barrels of feta cheese at a dairy cooperative in Kalavryta, central Greece. Some 1,200 herders rely on the co-op’s business so there is significant concern about the impact of US tariffs on exports.
A 12-year-old girl was killed in the western Athens suburb of Renti in the early hours of Thursday after a driver lost control of his car and plowed onto the sidewalk where she was standing, crushing her against a concrete pylon.
The preliminary investigation into a potentially major financial scandal involving the Catholic Diocese of Syros is expected to conclude within the coming days, possibly as early as next week, Kathimerini understands.
Listed group Metlen Energy & Metals and a wholly owned subsidiary of Glenfarne Asset Company announced on Wednesday they have entered into an agreement for Glenfarne to acquire a portfolio of solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) assets in Chile.
When Pope Francis convened Catholic bishops at the Vatican in 2019 to discuss the ordination of married men in remote parts of South America, the meeting raised expectations about the possibility of revolutionizing the celibate priesthood.