Gov’t, SYRIZA cross swords over health crisis response
The government and main opposition SYRIZA traded barbs Tuesday over the former’s crisis management and response to the pandemic.
Sailing champ lashes out
Greek sailing champion Vasileia Karachaliou has lashed out against the president of the Greek Olympic Committee, Spyros Kapralos, accusing him of making threats “in a nationalist guise” because she plans to represent a different country in her sport, citing a lack of support from the Greek state.
Energy subsidy to be extended
The government is set to announce the extension of subsidies for power bills into the first few months of the year, with priority being given to vulnerable households, using property assets as a criterion so as to exclude holiday and secondary homes.
Government ministers infected with Covid-19
Justice Minister Kostas Tsiaras and Akis Skertsos, the deputy minister to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, announced Tuesday, separately, that they had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Piraeus Bank strikes deal with Davidson Kempner on shipping NPLs
Piraeus Bank said on Tuesday it had reached a deal to sell a portfolio of nonperforming shipping loans to an entity affiliated with Davidson Kempner Capital Management.
E-commerce climbed to a record 14 bln euros in 2021
The value of e-commerce activity totaled 14 billion euros in 2021, a survey by ELTRUN and the Association of Business and Retail Sales of Greece (HRBA) said on Tuesday.
Turning the page in 2022
With a little bit of luck, and if the sky does not fall on our heads (as the ancient Gauls said in the Asterix comics), the new year that just dawned will be better than the previous one, mainly because the issue that has occupied our lives since the start of 2020 – the coronavirus…
ATHEX: Bourse index finally tops 900 points
After over a month-and-a-half of languishing below the 900-point mark, the benchmark of the Greek stock market cleared that bar with relative ease on Tuesday, despite some reluctance shown by banks. It followed the jump in European bourses and the historic highs seen in New York indexes this week.
US: Dendias, Sherman discuss Ukraine, Russia
The State Department readout of the phone conversation between Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman does not mention Turkey.
Over 1 million download Covid Free GR Wallet app, minister says
Over a million Greek citizens have downloaded the government’s Covid Free GR Wallet app, Digital Governance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis tweeted on Tuesday.