Police seek more upgrades to Evros fence
Aiming to further upgrade the capabilities of the fence on the Evros land border, the Hellenic Police is requesting the gradual replacement of the 23 thermal cameras installed in the old part of the fence.
Post-Weidmann ECB might be more lenient
Future support from the European Central Bank to Greece hinges significantly on the attitude of the Bundesbank, whose head, Jens Weidmann, is about to be replaced.
Turkish lira craters 8% in face of Erdogan’s ‘dangerous experiment’
Turkey’s lira plunged more than 8% to new depths against the dollar and euro on Tuesday, capping a historical month of selling after President Tayyip Erdogan again endorsed aggressive rate cuts.
Greece must pick up pace to catch up
“It is exceptionally crucial to realize that we must speed up, because other countries are speeding up as well, in terms of both funding and human resources,” Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) President Dimitris Papalexopoulos said on Monday.
Inflation at a 10-year high
Inflation in Greece posted a decade high of 4.3% in November, according to estimates by the statistical office of the European Union, up from 2.8% in October and approaching the eurozone average of 4.9%.
ATHEX: Bourse falls 3.38% in November
The Greek stock market ended the month of November with losses of 3.38% for its benchmark, after a session that followed the trend set by most Asian and European markets in light of fresh concerns over the new Covid-19 variant.
Omicron variant may have reached Europe earlier than thought
Economic powerhouses Japan and France reported their first cases of the omicron variant Tuesday, while new findings indicate the mutant coronavirus was already in Europe close to a week before South Africa sounded the alarm.
The ‘me’ against the ‘we’
Eleni Grammatopoulou is a food service worker at the Papanikolaou Hospital in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, responsible for bringing food to the patients on the Covid-19 ward.
Moderate voices inside SYRIZA
The need for the kind of broad consensus that can only be achieved by overcoming ideological fixations has been stressed repeatedly.
Third World quagmire
We have seen many “plans” for waste management in Attica. The current regional government has presented its own plan to the municipalities.