Criteria broadened for monoclonal antibody treatment
The Health Ministry has made it easier for more people to benefit from potentially life-saving monoclonal antibody infusions for Covid-19, broadening the criteria of eligibility.
Drachmas in mattresses and drawers add up to 477.9 million euros
The drachma banknotes and coins hidden or forgotten in houses around Greece equal 477.9 million euros, even though it has been two decades since the minting and circulation of the first euros, according to a Bloomberg report.
The companies benefiting from fragmenting internet privacy rules
In 2018, California lawmakers mandated that consumers be able to request their personal data from companies through a toll-free number. And then a group of lawyers, engineers and salespeople for a company in Atlanta got to work.
Budget’s tough balancing act
The 2022 budget that cleared Parliament on December 18 already appears hard to implement in full. The year will start amid extensive uncertainty due to the twin Covid-19 and soaring energy cost crises, which could undermine the effort for strong growth and the expressed desire for a drastic reduction in the primary deficit so the…
Spring elections are not on the cards
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis does not want to call an early election in the spring, more than a year before his four-year term expires in July 2023. But Kathimerini understands that a spring cabinet reshuffle is quite likely and that it is with this team that Mitsotakis will go to elections, either in fall 2022…
Turkish market run by at-risk women at standstill after lira crash
Hazal Tunc and her friends founded Turkey’s first women-only street market eight years ago to help victims of domestic violence and divorcees, and it has provided them with jobs and security – until now.
Reshuffle at midlevel posts raises election speculation
The government replaced or moved 13 general and special secretaries and created posts for three new ones yesterday in an unexpected midlevel reshuffle.
Cyprus holiday events muted
Measures imposed to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic affected traffic in the hospitality sector throughout Cyprus during the holidays.
ATHEX: No appetite for window dressing yet
The main index of the Greek bourse opened on Monday after Christmas with losses, pulling further away from its 900-point psychological target, with the anticipation of the new measures against the pandemic denting the short-term prospects of several (though not all) stocks.
Belharra frigate contract expected in Parliament in Jan, Defense Minister says
The agreement for the procurement of three French Belharra frigates is expected to be tabled in Parliament in January 2022, National Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos said on Monday.