Greece is looking for an important portfolio in the new European Commission, to be headed again by Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen. Kathimerini understands that the main portfolios Greece would be interested in are Agriculture, Defense and the new Housing position.
Crete urgently needs a comprehensive water resources management plan or it faces severe drought, a group of experts from the University of Crete’s (UOC) Museum of Natural History have warned.
A sudden outburst by SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis during an online meeting of the opposition’s commission preparing the next party congress and the departure of several prominent members are indicative of the party’s fragile unity.
The Public Debt Management Agency announced on Wednesday it had auctioned 26-week treasury bills for the amount of 500 million euros, but the issue had a 2.39 coverage ratio with bids totaling €1,196 billion.
Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos chaired a meeting on Tuesday about the progress of construction of the fourth-generation technology park Thess INTEC in Thessaloniki, financed with 33 million euros from the Recovery Fund.
Nonperforming exposures (NPEs) in the Cyprus banking system remained practically unchanged in May, easing slightly to 1.77 billion euros from €1.80 billion the previous month, with the NPE ratio amounting to 7.4% of total loans.
Important decisions concerning the Great Sea Interconnector, an electric cable linking Cyprus and Greece, are anticipated in August.
The Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) has caught 27 companies allegedly involved in cases, as well as criminal rings, of issuing and receiving bogus invoices, it was announced on Wednesday.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending Greek energy company DEPA Commercial a total of 390 million euros to build and operate solar-energy farms across the country.
Retail business data for May points to a decline in consumption despite an increase in turnover, per figures released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on Tuesday.