Policy dilemmas
The government is expected to announce its strategy to reduce household spending on electricity from July onward. There are two plans on the table.
Harsher penalty for fuel fraud
The fuel price rally is forcing the government to take further measures (besides subsidies) to tackle smuggling and fraud.
Turkish coast guard accuses Greek counterpart of pushbacks
Turkey’s coast guard on Monday issued a statement accusing its Greek counterpart of pushbacks, saying that “Greece is responsible for every single irregular migrant who dies on these dangerous crossings.”
Greece to subsidize new fridges, air conditioners to cut energy bill
Greece will offer households subsidies to help them replace their old fridges and air conditioners and cut down on soaring power bills, the government said on Monday.
Terror suspect convicted for armed robbery
A 49-year-old man arrested in Thessaloniki in August 2021 by counterterrorism officers as a suspected member of militant group Revolutionary Self-Defense was convicted on Monday to 13.5 years in jail for armed robbery.
Greece heading for season’s first heatwave this week
Temperatures in Greece will rise in the next few days,reaching a scorching 40C-41C, in the summer season’s first heatwave, the National Meteorological Service’s emergency bulletin said on Monday.
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PM dropping hints of early elections
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who has long insisted he will see his full four-year term through before going to the polls again, has recently been dropping subtle hints of an early election.
Greece rejects Erdogan’s fresh pushback claims
The Greek government rejected new claims by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the country’s security forces attack and rob migrants trying to reach its shores, saying Ankara should instead focus on stopping traffickers who send migrants across the Aegean on flimsy boats.
Report shows death by suffocation for Patra siblings, sources say
A much-waited coroners’ review into the deaths of two children of the Daskalaki-Pispirigou family in Patra, western Greece, allegedly shows that they both died of asphyxiation instead of natural causes, sources said.