Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas exited the ATP Masters at Indian Wells, but said he no longer gets too bothered by defeats – after battling severe elbow pain last season, simply competing at a high level on a tennis court is his “biggest happiness.”
Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Elli, which made a Russian port call and had been bound for the United States, is now sailing toward the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Morocco’s northern coast, ship tracking data showed on Monday.
Cyprus stands to lose up to 2% of its gross domestic product in 2022 if the Russian flight ban remains in effect throughout 2022, DRBS Morningstar rating agency said on Monday, noting that the war in Ukraine will negatively impact growth this year, although “it should not derail Cyprus’ medium-term prospects.”
Britain is having a hard time quitting its addiction to Russian money.
Russia launched a barrage of airstrikes Sunday against a military base in western Ukraine where US troops had trained Ukrainian forces just weeks earlier.
HSBC announced on Monday it had agreed to sell its branch operations in Greece to local bank Pancreta Bank, as the lender further sharpens its focus on its biggest market, that being Asia.
The Greek stock market lost most of its early gains on Monday but still managed to end the day in the black thanks to a strong performance by the banking sector.
Bolstered defense ties between Athens and Washington, Greek-Turkish relations, energy security and the war in Ukraine topped the agenda of talks between Greece’s alternate foreign minister, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, and US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried in Washington on Monday.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for extending his wishes for the Greek premier’s recovery from Covid-19.
The contracts of part-time workers at municipalities who were hired in to meet the increased needs arising from the Covid-19 pandemic will be extended until May 31, according to Interior Minister Makis Voridis.