Stocks gain slightly, but banks drop
The Athens Stock Exchange posted mild gains on low turnover Wednesday, but underperformed European markets, which bounced bank after the Italian government watered down a plan for a windfall tax on banks.
The Athens Stock Exchange posted mild gains on low turnover Wednesday, but underperformed European markets, which bounced bank after the Italian government watered down a plan for a windfall tax on banks.
A cutting-edge technological device has been developed by a scientific team in the UK, called the “artificial pancreas,” to optimize the treatment of people with type 1 diabetes.
Is the trauma of displacement enduring? What is its impact – on the economy, on electoral behavior, on art – even decades later?
Nurse and long-distance cyclist Vasiliki Voutzaki is a member of an eight-person team that embarked on an endurance challenge a few days ago with a noble goal: to cover the distance from the British Museum to the Acropolis Museum, spanning 3,500 kilometers, on bicycles, while carrying the message of the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures.
The Hellenic Police is on full alert in Athens, ahead of the football match between Panathinaikos and French side Marseille at the former’s home base on Alexandras avenue, for fear of incidents following the deadly clashes on Monday night in Nea Philadelphia.
The United States Embassy in Athens released a report on Wednesday due to the UEFA Champions League match between Panathinaikos F.C. and French side Olympique de Marseille, particularly following the violence that took place in the match between AEK Athens and Croation team Dinamo Zagreb.
A model of cooperation between Greece and Israel in the field of research and development in the defense industry, based on financial instruments and innovation structures already in place on both sides, was discussed on Monday in Tel Aviv by the two countries’ defense ministers, Nikos Dendias and Yoav Gallant.
The number arrested for the lethal clashes between rival football club supporters in the Athens district of Nea Philadelphia had risen to 104 on Wednesday, according to an announcement.
Six programs, one of them aimed at the older jobless, offer subsidies in wages and social security contributions with the aim of creating 26,000 jobs.
FAGE, Greece’s top yogurt producer, saw its profits soar in the first half of 2023, even though sales volume dropped, because it increased its prices by an average of 13% despite producer prices dropping 38.4% and 21.5%, respectively, in its factories in Greece and the United States.