ATHEX: Bourse hits level unseen since 2014
The Athens bourse reverted to its rising course with renewed strength on Tuesday, as the benchmark of the market climbed to highs unseen since early April 2014.
The Athens bourse reverted to its rising course with renewed strength on Tuesday, as the benchmark of the market climbed to highs unseen since early April 2014.
A livestock farmer in Evia who went missing on Sunday after he went to check on his animals has been found dead. As reported by private broadcaster MEGA, the charred body of the 41-year-old farmer, who was from Platanistos, was found inside a hut, where, it appears, he was trapped by a wildfire.
Most of the 53 new wildfires that broke out in the country in the last 24 hours were “dealt with immediately, in their initial stages,” the Fire Service has said in its daily bulletin.
Banks are promoting a refinancing model which offers haircuts for cooperative borrowers.
MPs have enacted a law easing the requirements for Greek citizens wishing to vote in Greek elections. A total of 208 MPs – eight more than the constitutional requirement backed the bill.
The Civil Protection Ministry has warned of an “extreme danger” of fire in six of the country’s 13 regions on Wednesday, in its daily fire risk prediction map.
The Air Force has confirmed that the two pilots missing since their firefighting aircraft crashed in southern Evia are dead. In a statement, the General Air Staff Air Force named the two officers as Captain Christos Moulas (34) and his copilot, Second Lieutenant Periklis Stefanidis (27).
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has canceled his scheduled visit to Cyprus on Thursday, following the crash of a firefighting aircraft on Evia. The premier informed his Cyprus counterpart, Nikos Christodoulides, of his decision by phone.
Rescuers have recovered the body of a man who fell onto the tracks of an Athens metro station. Six firefighters attended the scene at Kallithea station, which is on green Line 1.
The Ecumenical Patriarchate has announced that Turkish authorities have granted permission for a divine liturgy to be held at the former Orthodox Christian Sumela Monastery on August 15, feast day of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary.