Protest over campus police
Holding banners saying that “university police will not enter our schools,” student associations brought parts of downtown Athens to a standstill on Friday afternoon with a protest march.
Cyprus FinMin warns of troubles ahead
Cypriot Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides warned that tackling inflation is difficult due to its structural nature amid the Ukrainian crisis.
The Milky Way’s black hole comes to light
Astronomers announced Thursday that they had pierced the veil of darkness and dust at the center of our Milky Way galaxy to capture the first picture of “the gentle giant” dwelling there: A supermassive black hole.
The key to another €750 mln
Any unfulfilled commitments remaining for Greece at the end of its enhanced surveillance by its creditors will constitute the milestones required for the collection of the final tranche from eurozone central banks’ earnings from their Greek bond holdings (SMPs and ANFAs).
ΑΤΗΕΧ: Stock index offsets all weekly losses
The shift inthe MSCI indexes, the suppressed demand for bank stocks after 12 days of decline, and the positive corporate results released in the last couple of days created a strongly positive atmosphere at Athinon Avenue on Friday, leading to a significant rebound for the benchmark that offset all of the week’s losses.
The ‘committed ally’
In the parliamentary clash Thursday over the Greece-US defense agreement, the leader of the main opposition party, Alexis Tsipras, repeatedly accused Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of having made the country a “committed ally” of America (with the implication that it can be taken for granted by the superpower).
Local failures
The central state cannot always match the reflexes of the local administration. It is simply not possible for a government ministry to have full knowledge and clear understanding of every municipality’s needs in the area of civil protection.
Dendias hails ‘shared values’
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias hailed Greece’s relationship with Bahrain, saying they are on the same page following a meeting with his visiting counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani on Friday.
Seven US organizations voice objections to Turkish F-16 upgrade
Seven prominent organizations in the United States have written to the US Congress to express their alarm and concern that the Department of State is actively considering a Turkish request to purchase 40 F-16 fighter jets and nearly 80 modernization kits for its existing fleet of military aircraft.
Car registrations drop 2% in April
Car registrations fell 2% in April compared with the same month in 2021, totaling 17,994 vehicles (new or used ones), from 18,352 in April 2021.