German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock welcomed Greece’s role in the European Union’s support for Ukraine, in the fight against the climate crisis and securing EU borders in a statement ahead of her two-day visit to Greece on Thursday.
The Romanian firefighters who have been helping their Greek colleagues battle wildfires will leave the country at the end of the month and be replaced by 25 French colleagues.
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.