Twenty-nine stone lighthouses around the country will open to the public for a few hours on Saturday as part of World Lighthouse Day, celebrated every year since 2003 on the third Sunday in August. With a total of 1,600 lighthouses, Greece has one of the largest, densest and most organized networks worldwide. They have an…
A fast start was all that USA Basketball needed to remain unbeaten as it keeps moving closer to the World Cup. Anthony Edwards scored 21 points, Cam Johnson added 13 and the US never trailed Friday in a 108-86 win over Greece in a World Cup tune-up game for both teams.
The authorities in the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus must “immediately withdraw all personnel and equipment from the UN buffer zone,” four members of the US Congress have said, after Turkish Cypriots assaulted a number of international peacekeepers for obstructing construction teams building a road that would encroach on the buffer zone.
The body of a 42-year-old surfer, whose traces were lost in the sea area of Chrysi Akti (Golden Coast) in Paros on Tuesday, was found by a coast guard boat near the beach on Friday.
Rough estimates of tax evasion put it at between €8-10 billion. But recent data show that tax compliance is increasing, which accounts for higher than expected revenue in the first seven months of the year.
Hundreds of people have been flocking to police stations around the country in order to renew their identification cards before new ones are “imposed.”
Authorities arrested a 43-year-old Panathinaikos fan on Friday as part of the ongoing investigations into the deadly hooligan clashes outside the AEK Athens stadium on the eve of the Champions League qualifier with Dinamo Zagreb, which resulted in the murder of 29-year-old Michalis Katsouris.
The Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection has extended financial assistance to victims of wildfires to their secondary residences and is cutting down on red tape in order to provide the aid faster.
Greece is playing without Giannis Antetokounmpo, the two-time NBA MVP for Milwaukee who is sidelined this summer while recovering from offseason knee surgery. Panagiotis Kalaitzakis and Nikos Rogkavopoulos each scored 12 for Greece.
Morgan Stanley confirmed its positive outlook about the prospects of Greek stocks, noting that, despite the protracted rally – now seemingly over – valuations of Greek companies remain attractive.