Some subsidies to continue as handout expectations are dampened
Government plans call for a gradual withdrawal of income support measures, as the country must once again produce significant primary budget surpluses.
Record tourism revenue in year’s first half
First-half revenue from tourism broke new records, making it likelier that the figure for the whole year will exceed €20 billion, eclipsing the record revenue of €18.17 billion reached in 2019, the last year before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Albania fights wildfire, arrests arson suspect
Albania is fighting a large wildfire near the western town of Lac, the army and firefighters trying to keep away the flames threatening houses, the interior minister said on Tuesday.
Conspiracies and ‘rigged’ ID cards
I’m reading that dozens of Greeks have been lining up at police stations in some parts of the country, wanting to renew their identification cards before the new, more advanced ones are launched on September 1. These people are being lured by conspiracy theorists on social media who claim that the microchip embedded in the…
Police officer, businessman arrested on charges of corruption and extortion
An officer of the Hellenic Police (ELAS) has been charged with bribery, abuse of power and breach of duty by the ELAS Internal Affairs unit.
Firefighters in Greece have discovered the bodies of 18 people in an area with a major wildfire
Firefighters on Tuesday found the burnt bodies of 18 people believed to have been migrants who had crossed the Turkish border into an area of northeastern Greece where wildfires have raged for days.
Migration minister reacts to deaths of 18 migrants in wildfires
Migration Minister Dimitris Keridis said he learned “with great sadness of the deaths of at least 18 migrants in the fire in the Dadia forest.”
Mitsotakis and Menendez in talks in Athens
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Bob Menendez, chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have discussed Greek-American relations and developments in the wider region over lunch in Athens.
Pompeo to speak at American Mediterranean Investment Forum
Mike Pompeo, who served in the Trump administration as director of the CIA and as secretary of state, will be the keynote speaker at the American Mediterranean Investment Forum, which will be held next month in Athens.
Two children among 18 people burned in wildfire
Two children were among the 18 people burned in a forest fire in the northeast of the country, Pavlos Pavlidis, coroner in the city of Alexandroupoli, has confirmed.