News archive of May 2020
ATHEX: Rebalancing leads to jump in turnover
The upcoming rebalancing of the MSCI Greek stock indexes and profit taking after five consecutive days of gains led to losses at Athinon Avenue on Friday, with a huge daily turnover. Notably 70% of trading volume took placing during the closing auctions. The benchmark of the Athens stock market ended May with a monthly advance of 3.87%, though banks lost 2.94%.
Islamic State: The Coronavirus Pandemic is a Punishment for Our Enemies
CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State (IS) said the coronavirus pandemic was divine punishment for its enemies, according to an audio broadcast on Thursday, where the jihadists also vowed more attacks.
The person on the tape, which was posted on one of the militants' websites but could not be verified by Reuters, identified himself as IS spokesman Abu Hamzah al-Quraishi.
US, Greek jets welcome North Macedonia into NATO
Four F-16s from the 337th Hellenic Airforce Combat Wing accompanied a pair of American B-1B bombers on a mission to welcome North Macedonia into NATO by flying over the capital Skopje on Friday.
North Macedonia became the alliance's 30th member on March 27, following the settlement of its name dispute with Greece in 2018.
Lucrative car theft racket busted in Athens
Six suspected members of a lucrative luxury car racket - six Greeks and two foreign nationals - faced an Athens prosecutor on Friday on multiple criminal charges.
Over the past year-and-a-half, the racket is alleged to have stolen dozens of luxury cars before fitting them with fake license plates and selling them on or selling their parts, according to police.
Orban: It's important that Romanian company succeeds in a very short time in making surgical masks
Prime Minister Ludovic Orban underscored on Friday, at the end of his visit to the Techtex factory in Targu Lapus, Maramures County, the importance of the fact that a Romanian company succeeds in a very short time in making surgical masks and FFP2 ones.