Annual tourism revenue has already exceeded €18 billion, Kikilias says
Tourism revenue has already exceeded 18 billion euros this year, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Friday.
Trump begins 2024 presidential race
Donald Trump’s early announcement for a third shot at the presidency marks the official start of the 2024 U.S. presidential contest. Trump’s decision to seek first-mover advantage is largely designed to neutralize other contenders and achieve centrality on the airwaves.
Only 3 in 10 state entities turn off lights
Only 798 state entities out of a total of 2,776 in Greece have designated a so-called “energy officer” to implement a government plan to cut energy consumption in the public sector, state agencies and local government to deal with the energy crisis.
Two Turkish nationals arrested over sinking of migrant boat off Kos
Two Turkish nationals, aged 29, were arrested on the island of Kos on Thursday for allegedly transporting irregular migrants, endangering lives and causing a shipwreck, following the sinking of a boat off the coast of the island, port authorities said.
State portal gov.gr to close for overnight upgrade late Friday
The services accessed by the single state digital portal gov.gr will not be available from Friday 11 p.m. to Saturday 9 a.m. due to work to upgrade the system, the Digital Governance Ministry said Friday.
Athens-Tripoli relations in crisis mode
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias’ planned visit on Thursday to Tripoli, Libya to meet the head of Libya’s Presidential Council, Mohamed Yunus al-Menfi, a former ambassador to Greece, ended in a diplomatic incident when Dendias refused to meet with the Tripoli-based government’s foreign minister, Najla Mangoush, and, as a result, Libya recalled its ambassador to Athens.
Two arrested for dozens of car thefts, robberies in Thessaloniki
Two men were arrested on Thursday and two more were wanted by police for a series of car thefts and robberies that occurred over three months in Thessaloniki, northern Greece.
Analysis: Ukraine lacks viable plan B to boost grain exports via rail, road or river
Ukraine has few viable options currently to boost grain exports by rail, road or river barge anytime soon if a United Nations-brokered deal with Moscow to export by sea runs into trouble.
Convict escapes from Larissa hospital
A 38-year-old man serving a 20-year prison sentence escaped from a university hospital in Larissa, central Greece, on Thursday night where he was being treated under guard, a local news website reported.
EU to discuss migration problems at extraordinary meeting on Nov. 25
EU home affairs ministers will hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss current problems with migration on Nov. 25, the Czech EU Presidency said on Thursday.