Republican US Senator Ted Cruz was on vacation in Greece with his family when destructive floods hit central Texas, and he arranged a flight back “as fast as humanly possible,” his office said in a statement to CNN on Monday.
A controversy has erupted over the alleged minutes of a crucial political leaders’ meeting following Greece’s 2015 referendum, with former prime minister Alexis Tsipras requesting their publication and current officials dismissing them as fabricated.
Greece is gradually closing the investment gap that has long set it apart from the rest of Europe, Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras said on Monday during a conference on competitiveness.
A host of government ministers and other officials, experts and market leaders will be attending the eighth edition of the InvestGR Forum.
Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis is in Brussels, where on Tuesday he will attend ECOFIN meeting, with the national escape clause for defense spending expected to be at the focus of talks.
Greece’s summer sales season will kick off on July 14 and run through August 30, with shops also allowed to open on Sunday, July 20, in a bid to further boost shopping activity.
Nicosia is under growing pressure from both Greece and Brussels to commit funds to the delayed Cyprus-Crete electricity cable project.
The new discovery of natural gas in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in offshore Block 10 reaffirms the country’s energy potential, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday.
The Greek stock market is gradually winding down to summer mode.