A draft bill turning the Export Credit Insurance Organization (OAEP) into a societe anonyme was approved by majority vote in principle at the National Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee of the Greek Parliament on Tuesday.
Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias has agreed with his Israeli counterpart Yoel Razvozov to ramp up cooperation between Greece and Israel, especially in maritime tourism.
A Labor Ministry amendment tabled in Parliament outlines the terms and conditions for handing out an emergency benefit to be paid to vulnerable groups (low-income pensioners, people with disabilities, uninsured elderly people and those receiving the minimum guaranteed income or child benefits) to help them cope with the current wave of high prices.
The high gains of the two previous days predictably led to some profit taking by traders on Wednesday, especially as far as bank stocks were concerned.
We shouldn’t start complaining again. Yes, Turkey is playing ball at the moment. After it opened up a number of fronts, developments meant it had to close them with quick and rather spectacular moves.
The country’s gas grid operator will review its plans on additional cargoes of liquefied natural gas that Greece might need if Russia stops gas supplies to the country, the energy ministry said on Wednesday.
Upgrading the country’s power grid requires time and money. However, the petty corruption which fosters electricity theft from utilities should have already been eliminated.
A prosecutor in Athens charged a 33-year-old woman with homicide on Wednesday over the death of her 9-year-old daughter, who passed away in hospital in January. According to the case file, the 9-year-old died from the administration of a toxic substance.
Greece told Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday that there is no provision in the Treaty of Lausanne, a 1923 peace accord which forged modern Greece and Turkey’s borders, stating that the muftis of the Muslim minority in the country are elected.