The General Secretariat for Commerce and Consumer Protection announced that the Sunday opening of retail stores, originally scheduled for November 6 and then rescheduled for November 13, has now been put off until November 27, owing to the Athens Marathon this coming Sunday.
Lawmakers from the German Federal Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday attended a special session of the Greek Parliament’s National Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee, where they discussed the latest developments in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean, including migration.
Greek gas grid operator DESFA on Monday announced the start of operation of the Floating Storage Unit (FSU) installed by DESFA at Revithoussa, with the unloading of the first liquefied natural gas cargo by Mytilineos.
Ireland-to-Greece transplant Ross Daly – founder of the Labyrinth Musical Workshop on Crete – is coming to Athens with his ensemble and a few special guests for a run of shows at the Half Note.
Costa Navarino landed the silver award in the “Reduction of Plastic Waste in the Environment” category at this year’s WTM World Responsible Tourism Awards, as part of the international tourism exhibition World Travel Market 2022 in London.
It’s starting to sound like nothing more than wishful thinking, but Greece genuinely cannot afford to waste any more energy on a toxic pre-election war that will steer the conversation far away from the real challenges.
With its eyes and ears turned to the midterm elections in the US, it was a mixed picture on the Greek market on Tuesday, as the early gains gave way to losses before sellers got the upper hand focusing on certain blue chips.
Coca-Cola HBC raised its full-year profit forecast on Tuesday, as the soft drinks bottler benefited from resilient demand and said price rises and promotions would protect profits. Inflation at multi-year highs has pinched household budgets and forced consumers to cut their spending, but Coca-Cola is among the packaged food makers enjoying steady demand.
Piraeus Bank and National Bank have raised their fixed mortgage interest rates by 0.7 and 0.5 percentage points respectively, following the general trend in the market for readjustments in long-term fixed interest rates, which was launched the previous month by both Alpha Bank and Eurobank.
Alpha Bank, Greece’s third-largest lender by market value, reported lower net earnings in July-to-September compared with the second quarter on weaker fees and commissions but stronger net interest income.