15 EU countries ask for price cap on natural gas
Greece is among 15 countries that have written a letter to the European Commission asking it to produce a proposal for an EU-wide cap on natural gas wholesale prices.
Convincing Greece puts three past Northern Ireland
Greece won its Nations League third division group in style, beating Northern Ireland 3-1 in Athens on Tuesday to collect 15 points from six games.
EU countries eye delay to levy on fossil fuel windfall profits
European Union countries are considering an option to delay by a year a levy on the windfall profits of fossil fuel companies, as they hunt for a deal on emergency measures to help consumers facing soaring energy bills.
West Nile cases in Greece this year hit 254
A total of 254 cases of West Nile virus infection have been documented since the beginning of the year, with 166 impacting the central nervous system (e.g. encephalitis, meningitis, and/or acute flaccid paralysis) and 88 having mild manifestations (e.g. feverish illness).
ATHEX: Benchmark makes up for Monday loss
The Greek stock market benchmark came off an 11-week low on Tuesday to post a moderate recovery, but without recapturing the psychologically important 800-point level.
Greek Breakfast at the Airport
The Greek hotel industry and Athens International Airport celebrated World Tourism Day at the airport on Monday with the serving of ‘Greek Breakfast.’
Photis Kontoglou | Athens | To December 12
Born in Turkey in 1895 and raised in a family of devout of Greek Orthodox Christians, Photis Kontoglou went on to become leading proponent of the movement for Greek art to return to its roots.
Getting a strategic ally on the ‘faithful path’
The complex puzzle of the Greek crisis, which had not only a significant economic dimension, but an important geopolitical one as well, is analyzed by Jack Lew, US Treasury secretary (2013-17) in the Obama administration, in this interview with Kathimerini.
Back to black in Italy
A century ago, at the end of October 1922, Benito Mussolini’s Blackshirts marched toward Rome, which they took over.
Justice denied
Several years ago, the Greek public learned that a German company had been systematically bribing Greek politicians and executives at state organizations of all political stripes.