The low interest rates on deposits, the high commissions for a number of banking services or transactions, as well as the slow pace in granting mortgage loans constitute the three levels of government intervention in banks.
A 19-year-old man appeared before a single-member misdemeanor court in Thessaloniki after being arrested for vandalizing the Venizelos station of the northern port city’s newly inaugurated metro system.
Greece is preparing to introduce age-based restrictions on social media, aiming to protect minors under 15 from the dangers of digital addiction.
Turkey will work for the safe and voluntary return home of the Syrian migrants it hosts and will help in the reconstruction of Syria after President Bashar al-Assad’s sudden ouster by rebels, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Monday.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held a telephone conversation on Monday with Patriarch John X Yazigi, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, in light of recent developments in Syria that led to the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Two people were killed and one was injured in a shooting incident in the southern Athens suburb of Glyfada on Monday morning.
The world is grappling with the rapid developments in Syria following the sudden collapse of President Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorial regime, which crumbled like a house of cards in just a few days. Even experts closely monitoring the region have been left stunned by the swift turn of events.
After climate change brought another year of record-breaking heat and dwindling rainfall to Greece, the reservoirs that supply water to Athens have dropped to their lowest levels in over a decade. Farmers are struggling to produce crops, wildfires have increased the demand for water and priests are conducting prayers for rain.
Two 12-year-old boys were robbed by older teenagers on Saturday afternoon in Halandri, a suburb north of Athens. Authorities have launched an investigation to identify and apprehend the perpetrators following a report filed by the young victims.
Syrian refugees across Turkey jubilantly welcomed the downfall of Bashar Assad’s government Sunday, with many embracing the chance to return to their homeland.