US House approves defense funding bill, including Menendez-Rubio amendment
The US House of Representatives has passed an updated version of the 768 billion dollar defense spending bill for 2022, sending it to the Senate for consideration.
Overwhelming majority of vaccinated plan boosters
Almost nine in 10 (88%) people who have been vaccinated state that they will get a booster shot as opposed to just 8% who don’t intend to do so, either because they don’t think it necessary or because they are afraid of possible side effects.
Pope Francis wraps up five-day visit to Cyprus and Greece
Iliana Magra, a journalist with Kathimerini who travelled with Pope Francis to Cyprus and Greece, joins The Greek Current to talk about the Pope’s historic five-day visit to both countries.
Energy at forefront of trilateral summit
Cooperation in the field of energy based on international law and the law of the sea and respect that all states should be allowed to exercise their sovereign rights in their exclusive economic zones and their continental shelves was among the most salient points of the joint declaration by the leaders of Greece, Israel and…
PM, Putin to discuss gamut of bilateral ties
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to discuss a whole range of Greco-Russian bilateral relations in their meeting Wednesday in Sochi, with special emphasis on energy issues.
Dendias to meet Australian counterpart on Wednesday
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is to meet visiting Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne in Athens on Wednesday.
Lamda Development presents its Elliniko ‘Commercial Hub’
The firm developing the 8-billion-euro Elliniko project on the plot of Athens’ former international airport on the capital’s southern coast on Tuesday published a new video unveiling its plan for Greece’s biggest shopping mall and other aspects of the project.
The coronavirus in a tiny drop
To better understand the coronavirus’s journey from one person to another, a team of 50 scientists has for the first time created an atomic simulation of the coronavirus nestled in a tiny airborne drop of water.
Loan portfolios now smaller but healthier
Bad-loan sales and securitizations, and the repayment of dues by companies and households, have put a brake on net credit expansion and led to the shrinking of the four systemic banks’ loan portfolios, according to an analysis on third-quarter results by Euroxx stockbrokers.
If the internet were a toy, it would look like this
Our kids are at the mercy of tech companies, with only an outdated law to protect them.