The upward momentum on most European markets and the easing of pressure on Greek state bonds gave local stocks an adequate boost to take the benchmark almost 2% higher on Wednesday, reaching a level unseen in over seven years.
Police on Crete arrested seven people on Wednesday in relation to the deaths of dozens of people in a private nursing home in Hania.
Prosecutors in the western city of Patras have ordered a preliminary investigation into the deaths of three young girls from the same family who died within three years of one another.
A planned march in Thessaloniki in memory of Alkis Kambanos, the young football fan stabbed to death by rival fans last week, has been postponed over fears that it could spark violent incidents between opposing fans.
Greece on Wednesday lent Italy an ancient statue of the goddess Athena, to be displayed in a Sicilian museum for four years in return for Italy’s long-term loan to the Acropolis Museum of a fragment of the celebrated Parthenon Sculptures.
Three people were arrested as suspected members of a human trafficking ring that exploited women from Latin America whom they brought to Greece under false pretences.
The number of reported coronavirus-related deaths fell to 87 on Wednesday from 108 the previous day, health authorities said.
A pair of Turkish F-16 fighter jets on Wednesday entered Athens’ Flight Information Region (FIR) without submitting a flight plan and flew over the islet of Panagia in the eastern Aegean, the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) said.
TUI Group, Europe’s leading tour operator, is already reporting very strong demand for this summer and expects its activity to revert to levels last seen in the pre-pandemic period.