The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) on Friday announced the extension of the tender for the utilization of Attiki Odos, the ringroad around northern Athens which connects the Athens-Corinth and Athens-Thessaloniki highways with Athens International Airport.
Greece has not only secured the most funds among European Union countries from the Recovery and Resilience Fund as a percentage of its GDP – i.e. 30.5 billion euros or 16.7% of GDP – but it has so far absorbed the most – €11.1 billion or some 6.1% of its GDP.
Police in Athens have found a large cache of weapons in a car that had been reported stolen.
One of those charged, Alexey Bilyuchenko, was a key associate of Alexander Vinnik, a Russian cybercrime kingpin who was arrested in Greece in 2017. When Vinnik was arrested, Bilyuchenko – who was staying elsewhere in Greece – narrowly avoided arrest by destroying his computer, tossing it into the sea and immediately flying back to Moscow.
Greek stocks contained their growth on Friday, giving up most of their mid-session growth, but the benchmark still ended higher.
The Municipality of Athens has imposed a 15,900-euro fine on radical leftist party MeRA25 over illegal posters and pre-election leaflets.
The central event of Athens Pride will take place on Kotzia Square, opposite Athens Town Hall, on Saturday. The change from the traditional venue of Syntagma Square was necessitated by the presence of a party election pavilion on the central square.
Party leaders clashed on the issue of health on the campaign trial on Friday, with New Democracy’s leader saying the issue was a top priority and SYRIZA’s leader accusing the conservatives of having a “secret agenda” for hospitals.
Meta Platforms’ Instagram, Alphabet’s YouTube, TikTok and Twitter could face regulatory action after European consumer group BEUC – and Greek consumer groups – complained to the European Commission and consumer authorities that the online platforms allegedly facilitate the misleading promotion of crypto assets.