[Shutterstock] National Bank is expected to announce this week its collaboration agreement with Allianz, ending its exclusion from the insurance sector after the loss of Ethniki Insurance. The Allianz deal provides for the acquisition of 30% of the German group’s Greek activity and a long-term bancassurance partnership, with the bank’s network returning as a key …
[Handout/Hellenic Police] E-scooter drivers are racking up traffic violations as police turn their attention to the relatively recent addition to Greece’s personal transport mix, data showed Monday. A police statement said that a focused traffic police crackdown on e-scooters in the Greater Athens region from Thursday to Sunday resulted in 127 people being fined for …
[InTime News] A man was arrested Monday on suspicion of carrying out a series of attacks in which he threw stones at pedestrians, often striking them in the face. Police said six people were injured, five women and one man, including a minor who was attacked last week. The suspect, working as a delivery driver, …
[Handout/Hellenic Coast Guard] Harbor police on the Aegean Sea island of Skiathos have arrested a man in possession of more than 13 kilograms of marijuana, authorities said Monday. A Coast Guard statement said Sunday’s operation followed a tip-off. The 68-year-old suspect was taken into custody after picking up two items of hand luggage containing the …
The Patriot air defense missile system. [File photo] Once the situation in the Persian Gulf has calmed down, the Turkish government will turn its attention to the Aegean Sea and Cyprus and Greece’s perceived exploitation of the war in the Middle East to boost its defenses near Turkey, officials in Ankara said. A senior Turkish …
Eurostat released its provisional inflation figures for the eurozone last Thursday – and the tidings were not good at all. Average inflation appears to have risen from 2.6% in March to 3% in April, fueled by the fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran. But things were even worse for Greece: Eurostat estimates that inflation …
Concerns that the eurozone could slip into recession if the conflict in the Middle East continued are “real and justified” and talks to end the Iran war will be key for the ECB monetary policy, Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras said. Stournaras, who is also a member of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council, …
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of the European Political Community in Yerevan, Armenia, Monday. [AP] YEREVAN – European leaders on Monday said that US President Donald Trump’s snap decision to pull thousands of US troops out of Germany came as a surprise but …
Former minister and longtime Thessaloniki MP Haris Kastanidis has resigned from the main opposition PASOK, issuing a strongly worded letter accusing party leader Nikos Androulakis of sidelining him and reshaping the party to exclude him from political life. In his resignation letter, Kastanidis said he was leaving “the PASOK of Mr Androulakis” but not the …
Luxury cars may be at the center of this story – but they are only the surface. Behind the tinted windows lies a network of power, privilege and quiet rule-breaking by a cross-section of social groups. From corporate offices and elite medical practices to sports management circles and the edges of the underworld, some of …