Greece mourns one of its greatest painters
One of Greece’s most famous artists, painter Alekos Fassianos died at the age of 86 on Sunday in Athens after a long illness.
Eurogroup seeks path between high inflation, slower growth
Euro finance chiefs on Monday ventured into a high-wire political balancing act prompted by conflicting economic forces: a weaker growth outlook and stronger inflation.
US clarifies position on EastMed, refutes Turkish propaganda video
Lena Argiri, the DC correspondent for ERT, joins The Greek Current to discuss the non-paper declaring Washington’s skepticism about the EastMed gas pipeline, a recent video published by Turkey’s TRT World which inaccurately portrayed US policy as favoring EastMed gas going to Turkey, and more.
Evolution of the pandemic poses a risk in coming months
We expect that the Greek economy will expand by 6.0% in 2021, and there may be some upside to that forecast as annual GDP growth in real terms was 7.2% in the first half of the year.
More Turkish aggression could bring in sanctions, PM tells MEPs
Turkey has not fundamentally changed its policy toward Greece, but if it becomes more aggressive, the European Union can always hit it with sanctions, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sad during the meeting of the center-right European People’s Party (EPP) in Strasbourg.
A library the internet can’t get enough of
On the first Tuesday of the year, author and political activist Don Winslow tweeted a photograph of an avid reader’s dream library.
Minimum wage rise debate to begin within this month
An amendment to reach Parliament by Thursday will provide for the start of the process for the further increase of the minimum salary within January, so that any decision the Labor Ministry makes starts applying from May 1.
EastMed to depend on the financial feasibility study
Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Monday that a financial feasibility study will show whether the EastMed gas pipeline is viable.
Aegean Airlines says it has suspended its flights to Beirut
Aegean Airlines said it had suspended all flights to Beirut pending the results of an investigation into the cause of damage to one of its planes that flew to the Lebanese capital.
PM pledges continued energy cost support
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the government will continue to provide support for as long as the international energy crisis lasts, during a visit to a poultry production unit in the area of Megara, western Attica, on Saturday.