Higher energy prices will have a negative impact on Greece’s economic growth this year, the finance minister said on Wednesday, adding that he plans to submit a supplementary budget for 2022 to include extra spending.
Greek police on Wednesday detained the mother of three young girls who died in the space of three years.
Greek health authorities said they recorded 22,451 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, a drop from Tuesday’s 28,933, however deaths rose to 60 from 49 the day before.
A panel of experts advising the government on the Covid-19 pandemic has decided against any further relaxation of the measures to prevent the spread of the virus before May, in its meeting on Wednesday.
Greek central banker Yannis Stournaras said on Wednesday there was a possibility that the European Central Bank (ECB) might raise its base interest rate slightly by the end of the year.
Protesting Greek health care workers clashed with police outside parliament during a demonstration in Athens Wednesday against proposed hospital reforms.
The Onassis Cultural Center and the National Observatory of Athens have joined forces to present a special event on the poetics, policies and technologies of the environment.
The war in Ukraine will cost the Greek economy 1 percentage point of growth at the very least, Alternate Finance Minister Theodoros Skylakakis predicted while addressing the OT Forum on Wednesday.
Greece is still prepared to send humanitarian aid to Ukraine’s embattled city of Mariupol when conditions allow it, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Alexandros Papaioannou said at a press briefing on Wednesday.
Smartphones, clothes and furniture will have to become longer-lasting and easier to repair and recycle under new sustainability rules proposed by the European Union.