A court in Thessaloniki on Wednesday approved the extradition to France of a 35-year-old Greek on charges of involvement in a drug smuggling ring. The case involves the shipment on a sailboat of 1.7 tons of cocaine from Latin America to southern France in June 2017.
The European Commission has approved a €2.27 billion aid scheme proposed by Greece to boost renewable power generation, it said on Wednesday. The measure will help Greece meet its renewable energy targets, without unduly distorting competition, the executive arm of the European Union said.
A list of passengers on the 800-km trip list released by Skopje media suggested most of the victims, who included 12 schoolchildren, were from North Macedonia’s ethnic Albanian minority.
Turkey and the United Arab Emirates signed accords on energy and technology investments on Wednesday after talks between President Tayyip Erdogan and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Ankara.
Health is at the core of the strategy for the digital transformation of the state, Digital Governance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis told Kathimerini’s Athens Health Summit on Wednesday.
A Greek actor has forced the cancellation of a Eugene Ionesco play in Athens after refusing to perform only for vaccinated audiences, drawing criticism and praise in equal measure amid a surge of Covid-19 infections in the country.
Average spending per tourist in Greece over the first nine months of the year was 25% higher than in 2020 and slightly more compared to the same period in 2019, Bank of Greece data show.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has written a letter to European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen to propose that a Covid vaccine booster dose be considered as a condition for free travel across the EU for citizens over 60 years old as cases surge. Such a measure, Mitsotakis says in his letter, must be reflected…
The insecurity index of small and very small enterprises remains very high, as while the state support measures taken by the government during the pandemic may have averted numerous shutdowns then, the safety net is now gone, which could sound the death knell for some.