Cyprus’ top soccer body said Wednesday it had averted an indefinite strike by top-tier referees over concerns about their personal safety following the alleged firebombing of a car belonging to a referee’s mother.
Nearly 100 migrants were safely evacuated Wednesday from a yacht reported to be in difficulty off the southwestern coast of Greece, authorities said.
A candidate for the leadership of the SYRIZA, Effie Achtsioglou said that her rival and winner of the first round of elections, Stefanos Kasselakis, cannot defeat New Democracy leader and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis “because he has no plan and political experience.”
Reaffirming the positive climate in relations between the two countries, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to a roadmap of contacts during their much anticipated meeting in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.
Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday upgraded the long-term deposit ratings of six Greek banks that it rates (Alpha, Attica, Eurobank, National, Pancreta and Piraeus) by either one or two notches, as well as the stand-alone Baseline Credit Assessment (BCA) of those banks.
The Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) on Tuesday officially approved the listing of Optima Bank’s shares on the market.
In recent months, the Cyprus Consumers Association has been inundated with consumer complaints.
Greece’s central government budget recorded a primary surplus of 5.56 billion euros in the January-August period this year, from a deficit of €481 million in the corresponding period in 2022, the Bank of Greece said on Wednesday.
As of January 1, 2024, private insurance will become mandatory for all businesses with an annual turnover of over 2 million euros.
The political rumor mill adores gossip and, of course, conspiracies. The appearance of newcomer Stefanos Kasselakis, who arrived from the United States, was bound to ignite people’s imagination.