Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the Greek economy could grow more than projected next year, saying he was “very bullish” about prospects for the economy and a successful tourism season unless there are further big complications from Covid-19.
Greek lawmakers on Wednesday approved legislation making vaccination for COVID-19 mandatory for all residents aged over 60.
The European Commission was forced to perform a U-turn after its guide to internal communication was accused of trying to cancel Christmas and launching an attack on “common sense.”
Athens City Hall was lit up on Wednesday evening to mark World AIDS Day, with a message that read, “40 years HIV/AIDS. We count the losses, we claim the victories.”
Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios has reiterated his call to Turkey’s government to reopen the Halki Theological School.
Hopes that the obstacles generated by the new Covid-19 variant won’t be insurmountable led the Greek bourse higher on Wednesday, in line with the majority of eurozone bourses.
A group of 17 Turkish citizens, among them eight men, four women and five children, were reported on Wednesday to have applied for asylum from the Greek authorities in northeastern Greece.
Staff-related problems are just one of the reasons why the EFKA social security fund has repeatedly failed to carry out its most basic mission.
A sharply fluctuating Turkish lira flirted with record lows on Wednesday as the central bank said it had intervened to prop up the currency, while President Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed his determination to stick with steep rate cuts.
The past couple of months have seen a steady escalation in the rhetoric emanating from Turkey against the increased presence of American forces in different parts of Greece, following the recent defense agreement signed between Athens and Washington, with Ankara contemptuously accusing Greece of turning into a US military base.