Turkish stocks and bonds tumbled for a third straight day on Friday, triggering two market-wide circuit breakers on Borsa Istanbul, as the lira, equities, and bonds extended losses following the detention of President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival on Wednesday.
The stunning first-round election of Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry as the next International Olympic Committee president made her the first female and first African to lead the IOC but more importantly ensured continuity once Thomas Bach departs in June.
Moody’s recently upgraded Greece to investment grade, becoming the last major ratings agency to do so since Greece emerged from its financial crisis in the 2010s. Yiannis Mouzakis, the co-founder and editor of Macropolis.gr, joins Thanos Davelis to break down what this decision means for Greece’s economy.
All flights between Athens International Airport and Heathrow on Friday have been cancelled after a huge fire at a substation near the London airport knocked out its power, stranding passengers around the world and angering airlines who questioned how such crucial infrastructure could fail.
Greece’s former leftist prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has strongly criticized the conservative government’s foreign policy, urging an immediate shift in strategy to protect the country’s sovereign rights and restore its position as a pillar of peace and stability in the region.
The procedure for property owners who did not collect rent from tenants last year has changed.
The trial of Dimitris Lignadis, the former artistic director of the National Theatre of Greece, has been postponed to November 10, at the Mixed Jury Court of Appeal in Athens.
Four highly trained pediatric specialists who returned to Greece after prestigious medical careers in the US say they now regret their decision.
Stavros Kalafatis, a New Democracy MP from Thessaloniki in northern Greece, has been appointed deputy minister for research and innovation at the Ministry of Development, it was announced on Friday. He will replace Aristos Doxiadis, who resigned just over a day after joining the government.
A museum that opened this week in Cyprus showcases priceless early Christian artworks, many of which were recovered after being stolen from churches in the north of the war-split island.