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13.04.2021 / 11:32

Greece will not need credit line even when ECB’s purchase program expires, ESM chief economist says

VASSILIS KOSTOULAS

Greek support measures offsetting the impact of Covid-19 may come to 5.8 percent of gross domestic product, but the country “can regain a strong fiscal position after the pandemic,” Rolf Strauch, chief economist at the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), told Kathimerini’s Money Review in an interview published Tuesday.

13.04.2021 / 10:48

Cyprus also mulling restrictions on AstraZeneca vaccine

NEWSROOM

Cyprus is considering restrictions similar to those adopted by Greece and the United Kingdom for the AstraZeneca vaccine, as European health authorities continue to investigate reports of rare blood clots linked to the shot.

13.04.2021 / 10:19

Migrants test positive for coronavirus

NEWSROOM

Three migrants who attempted to leave the island of Corfu for Italy in a wooden boat tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday after they were located and arrested by the Hellenic Coast Guard.

13.04.2021 / 10:14

Greek FM’s Turkey visit seen as possible turning point

MANOLIS KOSTIDIS

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias travels to Ankara on Wednesday for an official visit that is being seen as a possible turning point in relations with Turkey, which have soured over maritime and energy rights in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean.

13.04.2021 / 09:59

Eastertime regional travel with self-tests considered

STAVROS PAPANTONIOU

The government is expected to announce the extension of self-testing – as already applied on Monday in schools – to other areas of economic and social life, such as retail, professional drivers, delivery workers etc by the end of the week, most likely Friday.

13.04.2021 / 09:44

Greece’s diplomatic strategy in the Balkans

NEWSROOM

Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins The Greek Current to analyze Greece’s latest diplomatic initiatives in the Balkans and the broader Balkan strategy that Athens is pursuing.

13.04.2021 / 09:22

‘Green passport’ scheme for Covid-free EU travel gathers pace

NEWSROOM

Greece and another 12 European Union member-states have agreed on the outlines of a scheme aimed at ensuring safe travel and hopefully boosting tourism within the bloc following last year’s poor summer season.

13.04.2021 / 08:43

Dutch tourists trade lockdown at home for Greek resort confinement

KAROLINA TAGARIS AND JOHNNY COTTON

Almost 200 Dutch tourists traded lockdown in the Netherlands for eight days of voluntary confinement in a Greek beach resort, as part of a test to see if safe holidays can be arranged during the Covid-19 pandemic.

13.04.2021 / 08:04

Vulnerable groups to be vaccinated by May

NEWSROOM

Vaccinations of people belonging to the second group of vulnerable groups will be completed by May, according to government estimates.

13.04.2021 / 07:14

Food service career day held on Wednesday

NEWSROOM

Waiters, hosts, cooks and bartenders, from all over Greece and Cyprus, can book interviews with restaurants and bars that suit their needs.

13.04.2021 / 03:08

The making of a found family

NEWSROOM

Melina Matsoukas, Shiona Turini, Lena Waithe, Daniel Kaluuya and other creative forces have formed a close-knit collective.

13.04.2021 / 02:00

The force that can help Amazon’s workers? Amazon’s shoppers

FARHAD MANJOO

As an inveterate Amazon shopper whose spending with the company soared to embarrassing heights during the pandemic, I have thought about the ethics behind those smiling boxes a whole lot recently. And I regret to say that my hottest take is irritatingly tepid: It’s complicated.

13.04.2021 / 01:24

Part of CVC payment up to NBG staff

EVGENIA TZORTZI

The degree of activation of the 3,800 employees in the National Bank of Greece’s network of 360 branches will determine the collection of about a third of the price CVC Capital partners has promised to NBG for the acquisition of 90.01% of the bank’s insurance arm, Ethniki.

12.04.2021 / 23:46

Jumpstarting the enterprises

PROKOPIS HATZINIKOLAOU

The Finance Ministry is about to activate two new support measures that may run up to 1 billion euros, aimed at supplying enterprises with liquidity upon their post-lockdown relaunch.

12.04.2021 / 23:42

Mytilineos’ new PPA in Australia

NEWSROOM

Mytilineos SA is strengthening the position of its Renewables and Storage Development (RSD) Business Unit in the international energy market by starting a cooperation in Australia with QEnergy (part of ION Holdings) for a power purchase agreement (PPA), the Greek group announced on Monday.