Bank warns of more loan defaults amid cost of living crisis as it reports 14% fall in first-quarter pre-tax profit Lloyds Banking Group has raised concerns over the UK economy’s “uncertain” outlook, warning the cost of living crisis had already forced customers to cut spending on services such as streaming and gyms and could mean […]
Thinktank finds ‘clear and robust impact’ of Brexit on rising food prices, adding to cost of living crisis Brexit has pushed up the price of food imported from the EU, compounding Britain’s unfolding cost of living crisis, according to a report. The thinktank UK in a Changing Europe (UKICE) said trade barriers introduced after leaving […]
The ministry allocated the funding to continuing education programmes despite the fact that due to the pandemic crisis the EU approved allocation of the 600 euros directly to professionals The New Democracy government has suffered its first serious political blow in its nine months in power after a general uproar forced Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis […]
‘What happened last year, when Ankara raised tensions, unnecessarily and without provocation, threatening confrontation between two NATO Allies, must not be repeated,’ the PM said. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis focused on international cooperation on issues ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic to the climate crisis in his address to the 76th UN General Assembly today As […]
The unanimous decision dismisses the British government’s formalistic claim that only the Trustees of the British Museum have the authority to decide on the issue. In a milestone move, UNESCO has issued a separate decision on the need for the UK to return the Parthenon Marbles to their home beyond the positive recommendations that it […]
The inaugural OT Forum is being held on Tuesday and Wednesday at the historic old Athens Stock Exchange building Outgoing US ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt participated at the inaugural OT Forum on Tuesday, explaining the official US viewpoint vis-à-vis the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and its repercussions. Pyatt, who is widely regarded as […]
Dendias will raise the issue of Turkey’s escalating illegal conduct towards Greece at a teleconference between EU foreign ministers and there will be discussion of Ankara’s ongoing illegal activities in Cyprus’ EEZ. On the eve of Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias’ participation in a teleconference with his EU counterparts the ministry denounced Ankara’s decision to send […]
Global investment firm Centricus is funding another British bid to buy Chelsea, saying it wants to “maintain and support existing management”. The Premier League club was put up for sale by Russian owner Roman Abramovich before he was sanctioned following his country’s invasion of Ukraine. This latest bid, backed by Centricus – which has £29bn […]
An 83-year-old Australian-Iranian imprisoned in Iran for more than two years on what his family said were false accusations of fraud has died. Shokrollah Jebeli died in Evin prison hospital in Tehran on Sunday, his son Peyman said. Amnesty International said his treatment in jail had in effect been torture. Iran has not commented. Mr […]
Nicaraguan opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro has been given an eight-year sentence after being found guilty of money-laundering. Ms Chamorro says the charges were politically motivated and designed to stop her from running in November’s election, which saw President Daniel Ortega win a fifth term in office. She was one of seven presidential hopefuls detained ahead […]