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🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Stock Exchange: All the interest in corporate profits, dividends, and MSCI

Investor interest in the Athens Stock Exchange is currently focused on corporate earnings and MSCI index rebalancing following a recovery of the General Index above 2,300 points.

Feb 27 • 07:11 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Alpha Bank: 44% Increase in Profits in 2025 – Distribution of 519 Million Euros to Shareholders

Alpha Bank reported a 44% increase in its net profits for 2025, totaling 943.3 million euros, along with a significant dividend distribution to its shareholders.

Feb 27 • 06:41 UTC
🇨🇦 Global News
National & Local

Quebec campaign aims to combat alpha male influencers who trivialize sexual violence

A new campaign in Quebec is targeting male influencers who downplay sexual violence, part of a broader initiative to promote consent and awareness on university campuses.

Feb 26 • 19:04 UTC
🇩🇪 SZ
Sports

Jürgen Klopp at Red Bull: Is the Head of Global Soccer already feeling out of place in his job?

Jürgen Klopp's role as Head of Global Soccer at Red Bull is under scrutiny amid reports of potential dissatisfaction, but Red Bull has denied claims of an imminent separation after a year of collaboration.

Feb 26 • 15:57 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
National & Local

Australia has recorded its first death from mammalian meat allergy. How common is it?

Australia reports its first death from mammalian meat allergy, linked to tick bites that cause severe allergic reactions to red meat.

Feb 26 • 03:06 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
National & Local

Breaking: Teen confirmed as first Australian death from tick-induced red meat allergy

A teenager in New South Wales has been confirmed as the first Australian to die from an allergy to red meat caused by tick bites.

Feb 25 • 23:44 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

At Alpha Bulkers, the Students of the Postgraduate Maritime Program

Students from the postgraduate program in International Shipping, Finance, and Management at the Athens University of Economics visited Alpha Bulkers for a presentation on maritime operations.

Feb 24 • 14:31 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Stock Market: The Retreat of Alpha Bank

Alpha Bank's stock has lost most of its gains this year, with eight negative closes in the last ten sessions, impacted by halted takeover speculation from UniCredit.

Feb 24 • 04:40 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
National & Local

Viral bodycam video shows dozens of college students blindfolded in basement over alleged hazing incident

A disturbing bodycam video from the University of Iowa shows police responding to a hazing incident involving blindfolded college students covered in substances.

Feb 19 • 18:10 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
National & Local

Actor Michael Jai White warns America is ‘not making men anymore’

Michael Jai White asserts that American boys are becoming too soft and that American masculinity is being undermined, especially as non-Americans often portray American alpha males in films.

Feb 19 • 00:15 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Stock Exchange: Reaction Rally in Banks and Stasinopoulos Group – Flirting Again with 2,300 Units

The Athens Stock Exchange is experiencing a significant positive shift as buyers capitalize on recent corrections, pushing the general index back towards the 2,300 mark.

Feb 18 • 12:30 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Stock Market: Buyers React with a Good Morning – ‘Brake’ on Correction for Banks

The Athens Stock Exchange shows a robust reaction from buyers who are seizing recent corrections to re-enter the market.

Feb 18 • 08:46 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Stock Market: Why Alpha is losing -16% in just seven sessions

Alpha Bank's shares have dropped over 16% in seven consecutive trading sessions, returning to early January pricing.

Feb 18 • 05:00 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

They are denounced as aggressive, disrespectful, and illiterate but cannot be ignored economically

Generation Alpha faces harsh criticism for their behaviors, including poor social skills and lack of literacy, sparking concerns about their future in the workforce.

Feb 17 • 17:59 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Stock Market: The Evil Returns, New Decline Over -1%

The Athens Stock Exchange fell to its lowest level since January 22, continuing a trend of profit taking among sellers for the third consecutive day.

Feb 17 • 15:19 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Tourism: Greece gains share of global travel market

Greece's tourism sector has seen significant growth post-pandemic, with strong performance in 2025 and positive expectations for 2026 according to Alpha Bank.

Feb 17 • 07:23 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Tourism: Greece's share of global travel flows is growing - The 'inheritance' of 2025 and forecasts for 2026

Greece's tourism competitiveness is significantly improving post-pandemic, with record performances expected for 2025 and promising outlooks for 2026 according to Alpha Bank.

Feb 16 • 12:04 UTC
🇫🇮 Ilta-Sanomat
National & Local

Would you survive in the Finnish forest? If you get all 11 right in this quiz, you're quite the alpha wolf

The article presents a quiz about survival skills in Finnish forests, encouraging readers to test their knowledge of wilderness safety and animal encounters.

Feb 12 • 16:30 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Alpha Bank: Five Measures to Address the Housing Crisis – The 'Sticking Points'

Alpha Bank proposes five targeted measures to increase housing supply and tackle the housing crisis in Greece, highlighting challenges such as aging residential stock and vacant homes.

Feb 12 • 09:56 UTC
🇫🇮 Ilta-Sanomat
National & Local

AMOG craze raises concern - 20-year-old aiming for 'alpha male' status in a dangerous way

A young American man, Braden Peters, is promoting harmful practices for looksmaxxing, drawing comparisons to controversial figure Andrew Tate.

Feb 11 • 18:15 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Alpha Bank: Why Greece, with high rates of investment in real estate and homeownership, is facing a housing crisis

A new study by Alpha Bank reveals the paradox of Greece's housing crisis despite its high investment in real estate and homeownership rates.

Feb 11 • 13:55 UTC
🇬🇷 To Vima
National & Local

Banks: 'Alarm' for new fees - Will the government intervene?

The Greek government is considering a third intervention regarding bank fees in response to new charges being instituted, which are generating public backlash.

Feb 11 • 06:24 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
National & Local

Mertz on 'Alpha Men': 'We men suffer from these false ideals of masculinity just as much'

Comedian Aurel Mertz discusses the issues surrounding masculinity and societal expectations in his new book focused on the Manosphere.

Feb 7 • 11:09 UTC
🇬🇷 Proto Thema
Life & Tech

Tonight Thursday and tomorrow Friday on Alpha - Family nights that bring us closer

Alpha is hosting family nights this Thursday and Friday with popular series that provide laughter, emotion, and genuine relationships.

Feb 5 • 11:44 UTC
🇫🇮 Iltalehti
Crime & Justice

Police: Fifty-Year-Old Woman Managed a Large Drug Business

A fifty-year-old woman is suspected by police of running a large drug trafficking operation in Kanta-Häme and Pirkanmaa, distributing 277 grams of alpha-PVP worth approximately €55,000 between May and November last year.

Feb 5 • 07:57 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
World

Artemis II: why space agencies stopped choosing 'alpha males' to become astronauts

The article discusses the changing criteria for selecting astronauts, highlighting the importance of adaptability and teamwork over traditional 'alpha male' characteristics in the context of the upcoming Artemis II lunar mission.

Feb 4 • 15:49 UTC
🇬🇷 Proto Thema
National & Local

Alpha Bank: The value of collaboration with UniCredit and the scenarios

Alpha Bank's collaboration with UniCredit has yielded an additional €1 billion in wealth and improved access to the syndication market, with a current book of approximately €1.7 billion.

Feb 4 • 11:36 UTC
🇭🇷 Večernji List
Life & Tech

Although TikTok Becomes the Kingdom of Generation Z and Alpha, Facebook Remains the Digital 'Living Room' for a Third of the Planet - Millennials, Generation X, and Boomers

Despite the rise of TikTok among younger generations, Facebook continues to serve as a primary online social space for older demographics, including Millennials, Generation X, and Boomers.

Feb 4 • 10:27 UTC
🇬🇷 Proto Thema
National & Local

Athens Stock Exchange: Buyers remain focused on the 2,400 point mark

The Greek stock market has seen gains for the third consecutive day, approaching the 2,400 point mark for the first time in 16 years amid investor focus on Alpha Bank, Metlen, and Jumbo.

Feb 4 • 09:25 UTC
🇬🇷 Proto Thema
National & Local

Alpha Bank: 80% of the issuance of the 7-year bond to foreign investors

Alpha Bank has successfully completed the pricing of its 7-year bond issuance, with 80% of it being allocated to foreign investors and 86% of the total covered by various managers and banks.

Feb 4 • 09:04 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Alpha Bank: Strong investment interest for the 7-year bond

Alpha Bank successfully completed the pricing of a €750 million senior preferred bond that attracted significant interest from international investors, garnering bids exceeding €3.5 billion, reflecting increased confidence in the bank's strategic direction and financial performance.

Feb 3 • 19:54 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Alpha Bank: The participation of JP Morgan is reduced to 7.25%

Alpha Bank announced a decrease in JP Morgan's stake to 7.25%, comprised of 1.21% voting rights and 6.04% through financial derivatives.

Feb 3 • 15:11 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Alpha Bank: Over 3.5 billion in offers for the senior bond of 750 million euros

Alpha Bank has received offers exceeding 3.5 billion euros for its senior bond issuance worth 750 million euros, leading to a significant compression of the spread.

Feb 3 • 13:53 UTC
🇬🇷 Proto Thema
National & Local

Alpha Bank: JPMorgan's potential stake at 7.25%

Alpha Bank announced that JPMorgan Chase & Co. holds an indirect 1.21% stake in the bank, with the possibility of acquiring an additional 6.04% under certain conditions.

Feb 3 • 12:24 UTC
🇬🇷 Proto Thema
National & Local

Alpha Bank: Offers of 3.5 billion euros for the 7-year bond

Alpha Bank has received offers totaling 3.5 billion euros for its 7-year senior preferred bond issuance, aiming to raise 750 million euros.

Feb 3 • 11:55 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
Life & Tech

The new teenage dictionary: a translator to understand what kids mean today

The article discusses how Generation Alpha is redefining vocabulary with new terms that often elude adults, providing definitions for phrases like 'lore', 'six seven', and 'farmear aura'.

Feb 3 • 09:01 UTC
🇬🇷 Proto Thema
National & Local

New seven-year senior preferred bond from Alpha Bank

Alpha Bank is launching a new seven-year senior preferred bond offering, allowing existing bondholders to liquidate or exchange their bonds early.

Feb 3 • 08:51 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
Life & Tech

Alpha Bank: With new senior bond in the markets

Alpha Bank has launched a new senior preferred bond issuance in euros with a maturity of seven years and a callable option in the sixth year, allowing existing bondholders the option to liquidate or exchange their current bonds for the new issuance.

Feb 3 • 08:35 UTC
🇬🇷 To Vima
National & Local

ALCO Poll: 23.5% for New Democracy, 10.5% for PASOK in voting intention

A recent ALCO poll for Alpha shows New Democracy leading with 23.5% support, followed by PASOK at 10.5%.

Feb 2 • 17:06 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Alpha Bank: €1,600 minimum wage and child savings in the new ESEE

Alpha Bank and the Alpha Bank Personnel Association have signed a new Collective Employment Agreement (ESEE) for 2026-2028, featuring a minimum wage of €1,600 and a child savings program as part of the bank's commitment to support its employees.

Feb 2 • 15:11 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
Life & Tech

Psychology Professor Warns: 'Generations are Inventions of the Generation Industry'

Psychology professor Hannes Zacher argues that generational labels like X, Y, Z, or Alpha are unscientific constructs used by older generations to project negative traits onto younger ones, advising employers to disregard them.

Feb 2 • 07:29 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Life & Tech

I have a starring role in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and I had to be carried off set

MMA fighter Chi Lewis-Parry reveals the physical toll of his role as an alpha zombie in '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,' where he needed to be carried off set after an intense scene.

Jan 16 • 08:00 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
National & Local

Former AI Hope: Co-founder Jonas Andrulis Leaves Aleph Alpha for Good

Co-founder Jonas Andrulis has unexpectedly stepped down from Aleph Alpha, leaving the company entirely instead of transitioning to a board advisory role, which will also result in the departure of about 50 employees.

Jan 14 • 14:47 UTC
🇪🇸 ABC
Life & Tech

Netflix confirms whether there will be a fifth season of 'Alpha Males'

Netflix has confirmed the ongoing success of 'Alpha Males', highlighting its new season as one of the most viewed on the platform, featuring stars like Fernando Gil and Gorka Otxoa.

Jan 13 • 15:30 UTC
🇬🇷 Proto Thema
National & Local

Banks kept the Stock Exchange on track for a record

Greek banks have maintained the stock exchange at record levels, with the General Index remaining at January 2010 levels, while Alpha Bank and Piraeus Bank reached 10-year and 5-year highs respectively.

Jan 12 • 15:28 UTC
🇭🇷 Index.hr
Life & Tech

What is 'aura farming'? A new term from Generation Alpha confuses millennials

The article explores the concept of 'aura farming', a new trend popular among Generation Alpha that leaves millennials perplexed.

Jan 9 • 06:50 UTC
🇪🇸 ABC
Life & Tech

Kira Miró reveals the daring propositions she receives after 'Alpha Males'

Kira Miró and her co-stars shared experiences of being recognized internationally due to the success of their show 'Alpha Males', including encounters in Brazil and Japan.

Jan 7 • 22:23 UTC
🇬🇷 Proto Thema
National & Local

Athens Stock Exchange: Upward close and 'explosion' in turnover, exceeded 820 million euros

The Athens Stock Exchange concluded its session with significant gains and a turnover surpassing 820 million euros, driven by UniCredit's increased stake in Alpha Bank.

Jan 7 • 15:44 UTC
🇬🇷 To Vima
National & Local

Alpha Bank: 4.40% Changed Hands with a Discount of Over 10%

Two significant share packages of Alpha Bank were traded today at a price of €3.39, totaling €345 million, representing 4.40% of the bank's capital with a 10.3% discount.

Jan 7 • 13:00 UTC
🇶🇦 Al Jazeera
National & Local

Mamadi Doumbouya: A military officer who served in France and Israel and led Guinea

Mamadi Doumbouya, a Guinean military officer educated in France, led special forces that overthrew President Alpha Conde in 2021 and was elected president in late 2025.

Jan 7 • 09:24 UTC

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