Will price of bread rise again?
The market is fretting over new price hikes in bread and a series of other food categories that have flour as their main ingredient due to the soaring of global rates, which have reached record levels.
Court officials deemed inadequate get the sack
As part of the wider effort to upgrade the Greek justice system and clear up the backlog of cases, a plenary session of the Supreme Court Thursday dismissed seven judicial officials who were deemed inadequate in the performance of their duties, as they unjustifiably delayed the issue of verdicts in court trials they presided over.
Athens calls for emergency IMO meeting on Ukraine
Greece has asked the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for an emergency meeting on ships and crews in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, due to the Ukraine crisis following the Russian invasion.
Mitsotakis: Invasion a blow to Turkish revisionism
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed Thursday that after the Russian invasion of Ukraine “there is no audience” to listen to Turkish revisionism, while saying he is open to a possible meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Plan to upgrade Medieval City of Rhodes
The Culture Ministry, in cooperation with the European Commission, is putting together a plan to better exploit its significant assets in the Medieval City of Rhodes and to elevate the profile of the UNESCO World Heritage site in a bid to wean it off mass tourism.
‘We are on our side’: Across Asia, a mixed reaction to Ukraine war
Much of the world has united against Russia in the aftermath of its incursion into Ukraine. Envoys have walked out of meetings rather than listen to a top Russian diplomat speak.
Mitsotakis, Weber discuss Ukraine, energy
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the head of the center-right European People’s party group at the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, discussed the latest developments in Ukraine and the energy crisis over dinner in Athens Thursday.
The other war
In the information war, we are all at war. We are all potential victims of propaganda in a cataclysmic flow of news – and “news” – that is impossible to filter.
Cyprus cuts consumption tax on fuel
Cyprus Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides announced on Thursday a reduction in fuel tax following a cabinet meeting at the Presidential Palace.
ATHEX: Bourse makes half-hearted recovery
The benchmark of the Greek stock market came on Thursday off a seven-month low, but without any significant rise as several blue chips held its gains to a minimum despite a significant number of stocks enjoying a rebound.