Stournaras meets with SSM’s Enria to discuss Greek banks
Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras met on Thursday with Andrea Enria, chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank’s Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM).
Athens has received over 11 bln euros from RRF
Greece completed the milestones of the borrowing actions in the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0” earlier than expected, after the disbursement of the second payment from the Recovery and Resilience Fund worth almost 3.6 billion euros (i.e. over €1.72 billion in subsidies and €1.84 billion in loans), Alternate Finance Minister…
ATHEX: Return to an upward trajectory
After a day’s respite, the Greek stock market returned to its upward course on Friday, with the benchmark covering some of its Thursday losses on its way toward the 1,000-point mark.
PM: Greece will receive investment grade after the elections
Greece will regain an investment grade rating after the upcoming general elections, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday, speaking to CNN’s journalist Julia Chatterley.
Teacher assessment set to get under way next week
The assessment of 4,500 newly appointed school teachers, one of the flagship policies of the government’s reform agenda, will begin this coming week, the Education Ministry said Thursday.
Digital information kiosk to introduce Aristotle to tourists
The Culture Ministry, in cooperation with the Demokritos National Center For Scientific Research, is installing a digital information kiosk on the life and work of the ancient Greek philosopher and thinker Aristotle at the archaeological site of the Lyceum in Athens.
Court orders police to bring in Golden Dawn trial witness
A court in Athens on Friday ordered police to force a crucial witness to appear and testify in the ongoing appeal trial against the landmark October 2020 verdict that found the leadership of the neo-Nazi party guilty of running a criminal organization, among other serious crimes.
Orthrus arrives in Greece as influenza cases drop
The new offshoot of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 known as Orthrus (CH.1.1) has arrived in Greece, according to the National Public Health Organization’s (EODY) weekly epidemiological report.
Athens-based EuroEnergy set to buy wind farm in Croatia
EuroEnergy, an Athens-based renewable energy subsidiary of Libra Group with assets and operations in the European Union, has announced that it will acquire a 114-megawatt wind energy development in Udbina, Croatia.
Cyprus protests portrayal as safe haven for Russian money
Cyprus has frozen about 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in Russian-linked deposits and assets in accordance with European Union sanctions over the war in Ukraine, the island nation’s finance minister said Thursday.