The benchmark of the Greek stock market somehow avoided posting a loss on Tuesday, as a few blue chips managed to lift it out of the red and into the black for yet another day, taking it to a fresh 101-month high.
The Athens Urban Rail Transport Company (STASY) has informed commuters that the tram service will not operate on Wednesday between 10 a.m. and 1.30 p.m.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that 35.418 people have died as a result of last week’s quakes, making the deadliest such disaster since the country’s founding 100 years ago.
In Turkey, pro-government television journalists rush to hide their microphones behind their backs when angry earthquake victims enter the shot uninvited.
Total passenger traffic at the country’s airports jumped by 76.3% in January compared to the same month last year and 3.1% compared to 2019, according to data from the Civil Aviation Authority.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday it was more important that Finland and Sweden’s applications last year to join the alliance, seeking greater security after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, were ratified quickly than together.
Police on Corfu have arrested a 64-year-old man for the murder of his 93-year-old mother, who was found dead in her home in the center of the city on Sunday. An autopsy revealed that the woman had been strangled.
Baseblue, which will have offices in Greece, Argentina, Cyprus, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands, has been formed through an agreement between European companies BMS United Bunkers, Bunkernet, and SBI.
Police on Crete have arrested a 35-year-old man who allegedly opened fire and injured three people near Iraklio, the island’s main city. One of those shot is believed to be a police officer, who has been hospitalized along with the other two injured people.