The nominal value of loans to the domestic private sector serviced by domestic credit servicing firms (CSFs) that have been transferred to non-resident specialized financial institutions increased by 7.92 billion euros in the first quarter of 2022, the Bank of Greece said on Thursday.
The Wednesday respite proved particularly short-lived for the Greek bourse, which followed the course set by most other stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic on Thursday, suffering fresh losses.
The number of overall participants in this year’s Posidonia, including exhibitors, visitors and press, exceeded the 40,000 mark, as some 29,000 visitors from 103 countries and territories filled the exhibition and conference rooms to the brim.
The Cyprus Fiscal Council has recommended particular caution in public finances to the Cypriot government, due to increased risks which may persist over time, expressing the view that support measures should be focused on small and medium-sized enterprises and vulnerable groups of the population rather than across the board.
Evangelos Venizelos, former deputy prime minister, was released from Athens’ Sotiria Hospital on Thursday evening where he underwent some precautionary medical tests after testing positive for Covid-19.
Although the prime minister insists that ballot boxes will be set up at the end of the government’s four year term – something that should be the rule and only be breached in very few cases and under extremely special circumstances – almost everyone is acting as if elections will be held in autumn.
Greek-Turkish relations are back on the razor’s edge for what seems like the umpteenth time in the past few years and our thoughts are with those who guarded and continue to guard the country’s borders all the way from Evros in the north to Kastellorizo in the south.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomed on Thursday a decision by the Eurogroup to end Greece’s enhanced surveillance which began after the country exited its third and last bailout in 2018.
Ireland’s Foreign and Defense Simon Coveney will be in Athens on Friday for talks with Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias, in the first official visit of an Irish foreign minister in 17 years.