The Greek stock market showed some early signs of having bottomed out this week, as on Thursday and mainly on Friday it staged robust gains that were based on the growth of bank stock prices after the European Central Bank rate hike and ahead of another one expected next month.
Households face a 50-euro increase in the monthly tranches of their floating-rate mortgages as a result of the 75-basis point hike in the basic European Central Bank interest rate that led to the rise of the 3-month Euribor to 0.816%.
The 2023 Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum will be held in Thessaloniki next spring, as the organizers of Greece’s premier cruising and yachting conference have decided to move the biennial event away from Athens for the first time since its inception 11 years ago.
Tension boiled over on Thursday during a preparatory meeting to discuss the list of witnesses that will be summoned by the parliamentary committee of inquiry tasked with investigating Greece’s wiretapping case.
Police, fire brigade and port officers as well as military personnel from various regions of the country held a protest at White Tower Square in Thessaloniki on Friday.
Upbeat singer and TV music show presenter Kostis Maraveyas is throwing an end-of-summer bash at the First Voula Beach this weekend, inviting special guests from the roster of popular and emerging local talent.
Growth alone cannot solve the problem of the long-term unemployed at its core.
Greece and Turkey should engage in dialogue to defuse the tension between them, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Friday.
In what is considered another milestone in the process of strengthening the Hellenic Air Force’s capabilities, the first two fully upgraded F-16 Block 72 Viper jets out of a total of 83 will arrive at the Hellenic Aerospace Industry site in Tanagra on Monday from the Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas.