Bank stocks were in great demand at Athinon Avenue on Monday, with all four systemic lenders seeing their prices rise and take the benchmark of the local bourse to an eight-week high, on remarkably robust daily turnover too.
Police on Monday reported another case of teen violence that occurred on Saturday night in the affluent northern Athens suburb of Kifissia, which left a 14-year-old injured.
It may seem like a bad omen, or it could just be a coincidence: the shadow of the “Ukrainian issue,” which is expected to loom large over 2022, brings to mind memories of Greece’s adventures in January 1919 when the government of then-prime minister Eleftherios Venizelos made the reckless decision to send troops to Ukraine…
In July and August, a Mediterranean heatwave stoked intense wildfires in countries including Turkey and Greece. Sicily set a new European temperature high of 48.8C, a record awaiting official confirmation.
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on all of us. Public trust in health experts and state officials has been seriously damaged.
Residents in Greece who were vaccinated abroad can now register themselves as vaccinated on an official Greek website and schedule a booster if necessary.
The remains, which were in a state of advanced stage of decomposition, were found in the sea near the island’s main town of Kamares.
Paying tribute to Melina Mercouri (1920-1994) – the actress, activist and politician that launched the campaign for the repatriation of the Parthenon marbles from the British Museum – the City of Athens is launching an exhibition on the breadth and depth of her influence.
Greece hopes the 2,500-year-old marble fragment, which arrived Monday on loan from an Italian museum, may help resolve one of the world’s thorniest cultural heritage disputes and lead to the reunification in Athens of all surviving Parthenon Sculptures.
Men who have same-sex sexual relations can now donate blood in Greece, following the lifting of a decades-old ban.