Two men arrested by police on Friday in relation to an assault of a participant in a pro-Russian motorcade in Athens on Sunday, April 3, face charges of attempted murder, insulting the symbols of another state, racially motivated crime, damaging property, disobedience and violations of the law on weapons.
Inflation and nine other sources of internal risks are threatening the Greek economy, Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras told the central bank’s general meeting, reiterating the possibility of stagflation as “small but not negligible.”
Health authorities announced 14,763 new coronavirus infections for the 24-hour period ending 3 p.m. Friday, a 36% increase on Thursday’s figure of 10,858.
Greece may be able to leave the regime of enhanced surveillance in August, European Commission Executive Vice President and Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dobrovskis said in Athens on Friday.
Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis has defended Greece’s border policy, while saying that the country’s treatment of migrants and refugees is in line with its obligations under European and international law.
The European Union has launched a platform for European Union countries to jointly buy gas and liquefied natural gas as they seek to cut reliance on Russian fuels and build a buffer against supply shocks.
The soaring prices of energy products and raw materials have resulted in the trebling of the trade deficit: Although exports posted a significant increase in February, mainly thanks to the rise in the price of fuel Greek enterprises sell abroad, imports that are always greater in absolute figures grew by almost three times as much.
Greece has received a 3.6 billion euro ($3.9 billion) payment out of its allotted 30.5 billion from the European Union’s pandemic recovery fund.
A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck near the city of Thiva in central Greece at 12.45 p.m. on Friday, according to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens.
The Ioannina police department in northern Greece have launched an investigation after discovering a cache of weapons and explosives near the Albanian border.