At 7.4%, Greece has the largest number of university students per capita in the European Union (3.8%), and a 44% ratio of 30-34-year-olds with a university degree against an EU target of 40% for 2020, the National Authority for Higher Education has said in its annual report.
Chocaholics unite at the Christmas edition of the Chocolate Fest, which is back for a third year at the Old OSY Depot in downtown Athens.
A team from the army’s Engineering Corps repairs a bridge over a section of the Arachthos River in the Pindos Mountains in northwestern Greece in a photo released on Thursday.
The expected rise in the popularity of the center-left Movement for Change (KINAL), following the wave of sympathy after the death of its previous leader Fofi Gennimata and the widely covered open process for the election of a new leader, which has been confirmed by recent polls, have brought to the fore the role that…
At least four migrants have been confirmed dead on Thursday after the boat they were onboard was grounded on an islet, north of the island of Antikythera. Several coast guard vessels are engaged in a search and rescue operation in the area for any missing people.
The tourism accommodation and food service sector is continuing to suffer losses in spite of the considerable recovery it staged this year compared to 2020.
Health authorities have announced 33 confirmed cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Greece on Thursday, with 18 cases found on the island of Crete. The head of the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) Theoklis Zaoutis also stated that there are a further 98 cases being investigated.
Residential property prices have risen considerably over the last three years in Greece despite the onset of the pandemic, as the average rates in Athens are now 30-32% higher than in 2018, while in Thessaloniki they have climbed 21-25%, in the other major cities they have grown 9-14% and in the rest of the country…
New coronavirus cases shot up again on Thursday to 6,667 from 5,461 a day earlier, while fatalities also rose in the 24-period to 71 from 69, taking Greece’s death toll since the start of the pandemic to 20,198.