Category Archives: Latest Greek news

Erdogan exploiting Greece’s Muslim minority

In another accusations-filled speech against Greece, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke of “persecution” against the Muslim minority in Thrace, which he called “Turkish.”

Evia rattled by series of earthquakes

A moderate tremor measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale rattled the island of Evia and the Greek capital on Tuesday morning and has been followed by a succession of smaller quakes.

Charity founder’s accounts frozen, properties inspected

Financial police launched a probe on Monday of the properties of Father Antonios Papanikolaou, the founder of the children’s charity Ark of the World (Kivotos tou Kosmou) and the charity elder his wife Stamatia Georgantis. 

Private sector bank deposits drop in October

Greek private sector bank deposits dropped in October after rising for six months in a row, central bank data showed on Monday.

Mytilineos joins International Aluminum Institute

Mytilineos has become a member of the International Aluminum Institute (IAI), in which international global bauxite, alumina and aluminum companies participate, an announcement by the IAI stated on Monday.

Anastasiades to EU: Cypriot gas is waiting

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades is calling on Brussels to help encourage companies to move fast and include the island in plans to supply Europe with natural gas from the Eastern Mediterranean.

Have the anti-capitalists reached Harvard Business School?

At Harvard Business School, inside a seminar room with a smattering of button-down shirts and puffy fall jackets, a group of future corporate managers were talking about capitalism. What makes capitalism truly and purely capitalism? What are its essential components? Property rights. Financial markets.

Greek bank stocks’ price targets raised

Alpha Finance, a subsidiary of Alpha Bank, on Monday raised its price targets on shares of Eurobank, National Bank and Piraeus Bank, three of Greece’s largest lenders, maintaining a “buy” rating on them all.

Jack Savoretti | Thessaloniki & Athens | December 2 & 3

Folk rock, indie pop sensation Jack Savoretti is returning to his fans in Greece with two shows, performing tracks from his best-selling 2021 lockdown album “Europiana.”

Kozani’s ‘red gold’ crops threatened by climate change

Unusually high temperatures this year disrupted the biological cycle of saffron grown in northern Greece, leading to the lowest production in 70 years, the Kozani Cooperative of Crocus Producers told Kathimerini.