ASE emerges as a top performer
With gains of 40% this year and 65% overall since its rally began in September 2022, the Athens Stock Exchange, at a nine-year high, is one of the top performers internationally.
Evacuation alert issued on Andros due to wildfire outbreak
Residents and tourists on the island of Andros in the Cyclades have been issued an evacuation alert through the emergency number 112 due to an ongoing wildfire.
Several big projects afoot in Larnaca
Once lagging in urban development compared to other Cypriot cities, the coastal town of Larnaca is the site of several big projects.
British Museum seeks recovery of some 2,000 stolen items
Around 2,000 artefacts including gold jewellery and gems had been stolen from the British Museum over a long period of time, but recovery efforts were already under way, the museum’s chair George Osborne said on Saturday.
UK says Nicosia getting on the right track with Russia sanctions
British High Commissioner Irfan Siddiq said Cyprus has a consensus to enforce sanctions against Russia to restore its reputation, but the Turkish-occupied north is a money laundering black spot.
Greek fire officials arrest 2 for arson as multiple wildfires continue to burn across the country
Greek fire department officials arrested two men on Saturday for allegedly deliberately starting wildfires as hundreds of firefighters battle blazes that have been blamed for 21 deaths.
Lessons going unlearned
It has practically become routine by now, carrying on with the same conversation after every major natural disaster or incident of mindless violence.
Online platforms targeted by tax authorities
All online platforms, Greek and foreign, selling goods and services, must send transaction data involving Greek individuals and companies to the Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE), a draft bill provision states.
Greece, India eye ‘strategic relationship’
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomed his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to the Maximos Mansion in Athens on Friday in a historic first visit by an Indian premier in 40 years, underlining the improvement in relations between the two countries that have been consistently cultivated in recent years.
Hania: parents retrieve babies at center of surrogacy scandal
Four of the nine babies at the center of an illegal adoptions and baby trafficking case in Crete have been handed over to their biological parents, following positive identification through DNA testing.