News archive of July 2024
ATHEX: Bourse grows over 5.2% during July
Banks led the Greek stock market to a remarkable rally on Wednesday, which compounded the month's gains to see the benchmark at Athinon Avenue end July 5.26% higher than its level at end-June. The interest in the market was also highlighted by the significant increase in turnover, though rising stocks only marginally outnumbered decliners on the day.
Crete: Two cases of sheep and goat plague in Heraklion
Two outbreaks of plague peste des petits ruminants (PPR) of sheep and goats have been detected in Crete, the Creta24.gr website reports.
My Market teams up with coffee chain Il Toto
Supermarket chain My Market has decided to capitalize on the great demand of the takeaway coffee market by collaborating with the Il Toto coffee chain.
The collaboration has started at the My Market Local store (this is the convenience store chain that My Market is developing with the franchising system) in the Zografou area, where there is an Il Toto store inside the supermarket.
Olympic Games: Italian swimmer, Thomas Cecon, is “the most handsome athlete” on social media
His stature and model looks, abs that made internet users search for him closely.
Thomas Ceccon has so far two medals at the Olympics, but that seems like a detail for social networks raving about the 23-year-old Italian swimmer.
‘The best available candidate’
She is not the ideal candidate but certainly the best available candidate. This is Robert Kuttner's view of Vice President Kamala Harris. The co-founder of liberal American magazine The American Prospect stresses in an interview with Kathimerini that it has been a long time since he has seen the Democrats so united.
Fire in Evia: Eerie images in Athens, smoke from the fire covered the sky
As Evia is at the mercy of the fire which is moving menacingly towards more and more areas, the smoke that has built up and covered the Attica sky is indicative of the size of the fire.