A balanced session with particularly low turnover brought the week to a close at the Greek stock market as external pressures were mostly offset by the upward moves by blue chip heavyweights Coca-Cola HBC and Piraeus Bank.
A 40-year-old firefighter has died in Thessaloniki while on duty and extinguishing a fire. The firefighter was part of a contingent that had been called to extinguish a fire in dry grass. According to a local news site, the firefighter suffered a fatal heart attack during the operation.
The election result proved that Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his aides are better than their rivals at reading society.
Greece’s role in helping to improve transport and connectivity networks in the broader region of the Balkans, the Black Sea and the Southeast Mediterranean has become pivotal in recent years, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openness Kostas Fragogiannis noted on Wednesday.
Over 4 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022 have been given temporary protection in EU countries, the EU’s statistical arm has said.
The government intends to put an end to the “unbearable insanity” where Greece has no private universities in Greece, Minister of State Makis Voridis has said.
The Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) has urged consumers not to consume a brand of “jelly straw” due to the presence of additives that it says can lead to choking.
Greek Minister of Rural Development and Food Lefteris Avgenakis met with his visiting Chinese counterpart, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Τang Renjian, on Wednesday.
The Greek National Intelligence Service’s (EYP) new cybersecurity center will be launched in September, EYP sources have said.