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Ministry of Finance: Six privatisations and five tax cuts in focus for 2026
Acceleration of the utilization of public assets, fight against tax evasion, control of expenditures in the priorities of the ministry - Aiming at the efficiency of the private sector in investments with the more efficiency of the state
The dethroning of Bitcoin: Prices in free fall as Trump-driven euphoria expires
Analysts and investors demystify Bitcoin as it remains in persistent decline – Trump wasn’t enough, turmoil at the Winklevoss twins’ Gemini, and warning bells from Mr Big Short – Bitcoin’s drop hits companies that bought crypto during the “fat years”
Dubai will create a road covered in gold
In a city where extravagance has become part of everyday life and ambitious projects know no limits, yet another development is set to reinforce Dubai’s reputation as a global symbol of excessive glamour
Thriller session on the Stock Exchange: Second consecutive decline, but weekly gains held
Athens avoided the worst thanks to “fuel” from abroad – Eighth consecutive weekly rise – Pressure on Metlen and turnover above €100 million – Banks stepped up in the auctions – New records for GEK TERNA and Coca-Cola HBC
Financial programmes for SMEs: Support and advisory guidance from the National Bank of Greece
Favourable guaranteed financing through the new programmes from the TEPF III Guarantee Fund
ECB: Interest rates left unchanged for a fifth consecutive meeting – What the Governing Council’s decision says
The European Central Bank has kept interest rates unchanged for a fifth consecutive meeting, maintaining a wait-and-see stance since June, when the interest-rate cut cycle that lasted around one year came to an end