BoG reveals 12.2% credit growth rate in November
Τhe annual growth rate of total credit offered by Greek banks to the domestic economy was 12.2% in November from 12.4% in October, the Bank of Greece said on Wednesday.
New York City’s schools will ramp up testing to limit classroom closures
New York City, home to the nation’s largest school system, will eliminate its current policy of quarantining entire classrooms exposed to COVID, and will instead use a ramped-up testing program to allow students who test negative for the coronavirus and do not have symptoms to remain in school.
Greek National Chess Team wins Bronze in Poland
A 28-year-old member of Greece’s national chess team has walked away with the bronze in the women’s blitz category at the European Blitz and Rapid Chess Championship in Katowice, Poland.
Government to distribute over 30 million euros in heating subsidies
The government has paid out 30,5 million euros in heating subsidies to 299.234 eligible households according to Finance Minister Christos Staikouras on Wednesday.
FM visit to Austria postponed due to spread of Omicron variant
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias communicated with his Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg over the phone on Wednesday, with the two men agreeing to postpone the Greek FM’s scheduled visit to Vienna on New Year’s Day due to the ongoing spread of the Omicron variant. Diplomatic sources stress that the visit will take place as soon as…
Businessman believed kidnapped outside his Athens home
Police in Athens are investigating the suspected kidnapping of a businessman as he was driving home to Drafi in the east from a night out in Liosia, north of the capital, in the early hours of Wednesday.
ATHEX: CCHBC takes local bourse index higher
Undeterred by the tightening of government restrictions and the soaring of the Omicron variant across Greece, the Greek bourse benchmark continued its slow climb on Wednesday, mainly thanks to a boost from Coca-Cola HBC.
Woman arrested in Thessaloniki over medical scams
A 47-year-old Thessaloniki convenience store owner is accused of having posed as a doctor to approach families with a Covid-19 patient in hospital, promising them special treatment for a fee.
Abuse probe orphanage withheld data on children
An Athens orphanage at the center of a probe into the alleged abuse of five boys between the ages of 7 and 11 had refused to declare the number of children in its care, Deputy Minister for Social Affairs Domna Michailidou told Kathimerini on Tuesday.
No more excuses
The donation of security equipment to four main Greek universities so that they can keep an eye on who enters the campuses eliminates any excuses for delays.