Talk of handouts carries cost
The economy is at a very critical stage of recovery after the hit it took from the pandemic. It is doubly harmful to cultivate, vaguely and through leaks, expectations of benefits and tax cuts.
Grid Telecom signs MoC with Telecom Egypt
Greek energy infrastructure company Grid Telecom and Telecom Egypt signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) for a submarine telecommunications interconnection between Greece and Egypt, at an event held in Athens on Wednesday.
Murder suspect handed over to Greek authorities
A 20-year-old Albanian, wanted for taking part in the murder of 19-year-old Alkis Kambanos on Feb. 1, was taken to the Greek-Albanian border and surrendered to Greek authorities.
ATHEX: Banks send benchmark higher still
Developments on the Greek stock market are getting more interesting by the day, not only because the benchmark is breaking one seven-year record after another – as it did again on Thursday – but also because of its relatively high turnover and the various share packages changing hands.
Greece, six others urged to update flood risk maps
Greece was among a list of countries including Cyprus, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Romania and Slovakia that the European Commission has urged to update their flood hazard and risk maps as required by the Floods Directive (2007/60/EC).
Macron at the forefront
The visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Moscow and the long and substantial talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to defuse the Ukrainian crisis were both imaginative and risky.
North Macedonia: Indian migrants detained on new route
Police in North Macedonia have detained 16 migrants from India who were allegedly trying to enter neighboring Greece illegally, as migrant-smuggling gangs try new routes in answer to pandemic travel restrictions and tougher border controls.
Turkish Cypriot leader calls air link-for-land offer ‘stunt’
The leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot side of ethnically split Cyprus on Thursday rejected overtures by Greek Cypriots to reignite peace efforts by offering international air and sea links in exchange for territory.
Parliament set to ratify arms program
The Greek Parliament will be invited on Tuesday to approve three of the most important armament programs developed by Greece in recent years, especially for the strengthening of the Hellenic Navy.
New Democracy facing SYRIZA and KINAL
Those who believed that the strengthening of the center-left Movement for Change (KINAL) would only or mainly hurt leftist SYRIZA were mistaken.