Tax authorities ready to pounce
The final deadline for filing tax returns, twice extended, expires Tuesday, and tax authorities are ready to begin the most extended checks ever on the veracity of taxpayers’ statements.
Cyprus lodges complaint with UN over buffer zone breach report
The Foreign Ministry of Cyprus submitted a complaint to the United Nations on Tuesday, asking it to investigate reports that a Greek-Cypriot farmer had been harassed by armed Turkish soldiers.
New book takes crack at Antikythera Mechanism
It was the morning of May 18, 1902, when Kythera MP Spyridon Stais visited the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, going straight to the hall containing the finds from an ancient wreck off Antikythera.
Thirty migrants rescued off coast of Crete
A boat carrying 30 migrants – among them nine children – ran into trouble off the western coast of Crete in the early hours of Tuesday, prompting a rescue operation.
US climate envoy Kerry makes Athens stopover
US climate envoy John Kerry speaks to the cameras in front of the Temple of Poseidon at Sounio outside Athens, as US Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis (r) looks on.
MPs give green light for committee to probe wiretaps
Greek lawmakers voted Monday for a parliamentary investigation into the tapping by the country’s secret service of an opposition party leader’s phone.
Curbs on energy consumption ‘not in the picture,’ says gov’t spokesman
The government is not planning to introduce measures for containing electricity consumption by household and businesses, according to spokesman Giannis Oikonomou.
US Open: Qualifier Galan produces epic first-round upset over Tsitsipas
Colombian qualifier Daniel Galan stunned fourth-seeded Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-0 6-1 3-6 7-5 in an epic first-round showdown at the US Open on Monday, winning the affair on the ninth match point.
Donkey abusing deputy mayor sacked
The deputy mayor of the village of Grammeno in Ioannina, northwestern Greece, was fired on Monday after he reportedly tied a donkey to his car and dragged it for 700 meters.
OPAP profit rises significantly in H1
Betting company OPAP saw its second-quarter profit rise significantly, despite the uncertainty of high inflation, especially in energy prices.