The two-day visit of Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias to Mount Athos, home to the oldest surviving monastic community in the world, which ends on Thursday, is seen as a message and a reflection of Greece’s presence in the Orthodox world.
Greece is grappling with a decline in the country’s fertility rates, prompting the need for focused measures to increase births.
“We will help the citizens to the point it does not affect the state budget,” Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said on Thursday.
Friday is the deadline for thousands of businesses to submit the necessary supporting documents provided for by the refundable advance payment program known as the “Deposit To Be Returned.”
The contribution of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector to the Cypriot economy is estimated to reach 3 billion euros this year.
Deposits in the Cypriot credit system registered a small decline in November following three months of increase, dropping to 51.7 billion euros.
Super League leader Panathinaikos dropped two more points on Wednesday, this time at home to OFI, allowing AEK to narrow its gap from the top to four points, some 10 days before Yellows and Greens face off.
The year’s final bourse session at Athinon Avenue will start on Friday with the benchmark just above 920 points, close to the year’s high, despite the minor losses most blue chips incurred on Thursday.
Greek soccer remembers Pele, the sport’s “king” who passed away on Thursday at Sao Paulo in Brazil at the age of 82 years, with some fond memories, respect and admiration for arguably the best player the world has ever seen.
The United States has stopped maintaining a “balance” where Greece and Cyprus are concerned, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday.