Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on Thursday for a meeting of the Parliament’s Special Permanent Committee on Institutions and Transparency after the leader of Greece’s socialist opposition PASOK party revealed an attempted bugging of his mobile phone with surveillance software.
An old hand grenade was found by a passerby near a kindergarten in the town of Galaxidi, central Greece, on Wednesday afternoon.
The percentage of Greece’s population at risk of poverty or social exclusion was 28.3% (2,971,200 people) in 2021, an increase of 0.9% compared to 2020, according to data from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).
The new platform designed by the Hellenic Development Bank through which all small and medium-sized enterprises that want to get a loan will “introduce themselves” by applying for a loan is aimed at strengthening business access to bank financing.
The Hellenic Fire Service said on Wednesday that since July 22, nine individuals – eight men and one woman – had been arrested by fire investigators on charges of arson with intent or through negligence.
Ankara upped the ante with Athens again on Wednesday, with Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu employing harsh rhetoric while announcing that Turkey has prepared new letters of complaint against Greece that it plans to send to the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and to the European Union.
An app for creating, storing and authenticating digital copies of identity cards and driving licenses on mobile phones via Gov.gr Wallet was presented on Wednesday as part of an ongoing effort to digitize state services.
The rave had been planned for weeks, with the space secured and the DJs, the drinks, the invites and the security all lined up.
Construction material prices remained at high levels in June, as the general price index of construction materials for new residential buildings showed an increase of 11.6% compared to the same month last year, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) reported on Tuesday.
Demand for holiday homes is about to increase further, strengthened in several areas by the many infrastructure projects under way, predicts a new nationwide survey of the real estate network RE/MAX Greece.