TEL AVIV – Israeli basketball club Maccabi Tel Aviv achieved a 90-84 home win over Greek champions Olympiacos Piraeus in the EuroLeague at the Menorah Mivtachim Arena in Tel Avivon Tuesday evening. It was Maccabi’s [Read More]
ATHENS – The economy of Greece is forecast by the Finance Ministry to grow by 5.6 percent this year and by 1.8 percent in 2023, according to a revised estimate in the country’s final 2023 [Read More]
2002: The Greek oil tanker Prestige splits in half and sinks off the coast of Galicia, releasing over 76,000 m3 (20 million US gal) of oil in the largest environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese [Read More]
Iran has released two Greek-registered tankers that it seized last May in the Gulf, Greece’s Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy said here on Wednesday. “After months of talks with Iran, the Greek-flagged vessels Prudent [Read More]
ATHENS – Galloping inflation, driven by the energy crisis, has dramatically shrunk in recent months the purchasing power of people in Greece, who are bracing for a heavy winter. “People are under a lot of [Read More]
ATHENS – The remains of an ancient temple have been unearthed during archaeological excavations in western Greece, the Culture and Sports ministry announced on Wednesday. The temple was found near ancient Olympia, the birthplace of [Read More]
TEHRAN – Iran said last night that an Iranian-flagged tanker carrying the country’s oil, which was seized by Greece in April, has left the Greek waters for its predetermined destination. Making the announcement in a [Read More]
The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Wednesday amid a momentum in the euro and the British pound. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, fell 0.12 percent to 106.2810. [Read More]
The European Central Bank (ECB) sees growing risks for financial stability in the euro area and warns that the likelihood of a recession is rising there. Presenting the bank’s financial stability review here on Wednesday, [Read More]
The Athens Polytechnic uprising occurred in November 1973 as a massive student demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. It began on 14 November 1973, escalated to an open anti-junta revolt, [Read More]
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