Acropolis Museum looks to bright future on 14th birthday
The Acropolis Museum celebrates its 14th birthday and is looking forward to an even more promising future.
Search continues off Pylos after migrant boat wreck
The search-and-rescue operation to find people still missing after a fishing trawler carrying migrants capsized in international waters off the coast of the Peloponnese continued for seventh consecutive day on Tuesday.
Real estate prices reaching record highs
The rate of house price growth is continuously exceeding record highs, according to data compiled by the Bank of Greece for the first quarter of this year.
Unemployment down 7.8% in May
Registered unemployment fell 7.8% in May, totaling 854,181, compared with May 2022 and fell by 7.9% in comparison with April 2023, public employment service DYPA said in a report on Tuesday.
Greece moves up in World Competitiveness Ranking
Greece moved nine places higher, from the 58th to 49th, in the World Competitiveness Ranking in the 2019-2023 period, but remained low in the list of 64 countries, the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) said.
Thessaloniki teen arrested for distributing child pornography
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, for distributing and selling pornographic images of minors over the internet, the police said on Tuesday.
Fourteen suspects arrested in Pakistan over Greece boat disaster
Pakistani authorities have arrested 14 people in connection with the alleged trafficking of several migrants who drowned last week after their overloaded boat capsized in the sea off Greece, police said.
Europe’s 2022 summer heat record not a ‘one-off,’ experts warn
Europe’s summer last year was the hottest on record and caused thousands of deaths, a joint report by World Meteorological Organization and European Union scientists confirmed, while warning that such events could become more routine.
Convicted child abuser back in custody
A former children’s basketball coach who was convicted in 2013 to 220 years in prison for sexually abusing 36 minors but was released earlier this year, has been taken back into custody.
Reimagining Greek tourism
Kathimerini launched the “Reimagine Tourism in Greece” initiative last week, an attempt to explore the future of tourism in Greece and the need for sustainability in the industry.