European Union countries’ energy ministers were discussing a draft compromise on Monday to cap gas prices if Europe’s benchmark gas price spikes to 180 euros per megawatt hour, a document showed.
Finance Minister Christos Staikouras on Monday announced the extension of a heating oil subsidy at the pump, speaking to SKAI TV on Monday. The measure, originally due to end on December 31, will continue to be applied until March 31, 2023 but will be reduced from 25 cents per liter to 15 cents per liter.
The Athens Court of Appeals unanimously ruled against the release of convicted Golden Dawn cadres Yiannis Lagos and Ilias Kasidiaris on Monday. The court accepted the motion by the prosecution that as leading members of the party the two should remain in prison.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday inaugurated the New Museum of Aigai in Vergina, noting that it was an “important contribution to the development of global cultural heritage” that transcended the borders of Imathia and Greece.
Sweden’s top court on Monday rejected a request to extradite a man wanted by Turkey, saying the crime the person is alleged to have committed is “not criminalized” in the Scandinavian country.
Baran Ramadan Mesko had been hiding with other migrants for weeks in the coastal Algerian city of Oran, awaiting a chance to take a boat across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
Both the country’s popular winter resorts and hotels in the center of Athens and in the Athenian Riviera are showing high occupancy rates for the fortnight of the Christmas holidays.
Andrey Rublev said he disagrees with Stefanos Tsitsipas’ assessment of him as a player with “few tools” following a come-from-behind victory over the Greek in the ATP Finals on Friday.
Greece expects to raise around 650 million euros ($690.82 million) from a windfall tax on its two oil refineries this fiscal year and use the proceeds to help households with their monthly food expenses, its finance minister said on Monday.
The sharp slowdown in Greece’s gross domestic product in the third quarter came as a surprise.