Expert answers to readers’ questions about inflation
Inflation is high and has been for months. It’s weighing on consumer confidence, making policymakers nervous and threatening to eat away at household paychecks well into 2022.
Greens go down in the end, Reds succumb earlier (highlights)
Panathinaikos got mighty close to beating Euroleague holder Anadolu Efes in Turkey, only to lose to a buzzer beater, while Olympiakos surrendered easily to Maccabi at Tel Aviv, as the Greek teams remain winless in the Euroleague in 2022.
ATHEX: Losses send weekly result into the red
Heavily affected by the decline in the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday and those in the rest of the eurozone on Friday, with the chances of a war in Ukraine increasing anew, the Greek bourse suffered notable losses that swung the net weekly result out of the black and into the red.
Futile taxes for black holes
Greek taxpayers continue to pay a futile levy for the support of state-owned firms. What they are basically paying for is the political system’s incompetence and lack of courage.
Cold, snow and gale-force winds forecast from Sat to Wed
Extreme weather conditions are expected in areas of Greece on Saturday and Monday, according to an emergency bulletin released by the National Meteorological Service on Friday.
Under the same banner
Journalism is a battlefield in which desires, myth and reality clash.
Cretan river runs red
Residents near the town of Moires noticed that the local river, Geropotamos, had turned red, saying there was a strong smell of blood from the waterway.
Negative rates put on hold for now
Greek banks are waiting before taking the option of imposing negative interest rates on corporate deposits, in order to see how the inflation situation develops and the attitude of the European Central Bank on its key interest rates.
Mother and grandmother arrested after baby dies of burns
A mother and grandmother were arrested on suspicion of negligent homicide on Friday after the death of a 15-month-old baby who was admitted to an Athens hospital with burns.
Covid: 20,507 new cases, 108 deaths, 679 intubated
Health authorities announced 20,507 new coronavirus infections for the 24-hour period ending 3 p.m. Friday, an increase on Thursday’s figure of 18,869.