Truck crashes fleeing Greek police: migrant killed, 17 hurt
A pickup truck trying to evade pursuing police in northeastern Greece slammed into a fence, killing one migrant and injuring 17 others, including the driver, Greek police said Sunday.
Macron’s centrists hold thin edge in France after first round vote
The centrist camp of French President Emmanuel Macron heads into the week before a crucial second round of runoff voting in lower house elections with a razor-thin edge over the left, results showed after Sunday’s first round.
Acropolis sightseeing for the blind
Tour guide Danae Kousouri describes the Propylaea to a group of visitors. Having conducted countless tours on the Sacred Rock, she is familiar with every little detail, every crack on the marble. However, this is the first time that she is called upon to describe a monument to an audience that cannot actually see it.
Inflation highest since 1994
Inflation made a new leap in May to reach 11.3%, as price increases are continuing and now mainly concern the key aspects of the family budget, namely energy and food expenditure.
Staff shortages top 200,000
Greece relies on the performance of its tourism, but also on the major projects that will be financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility to counteract the inflationary and recessionary risks posed by the international environment; however, it does not have the human resources required to implement the projects related to these two industries.