Entrance will be free to all Greek archaeological sites, museums, and monuments for all visitors from September 22 (Friday) to September 24 (Sunday), in celebration of the European Heritage Days.
The National Economy and Finance Ministry will impose an accommodation fee on the 170,000 properties that are active in the short-term rental sector, as well as value-added tax (VAT) on those owner-managers who have three or more properties.
Although Greece has one of the most effective response models, it continues to record high rates of internet piracy.
Nearly 100 migrants were safely evacuated Wednesday from a yacht reported to be in difficulty off the southwestern coast of Greece, authorities said.
Cyprus’ top soccer body said Wednesday it had averted an indefinite strike by top-tier referees over concerns about their personal safety following the alleged firebombing of a car belonging to a referee’s mother.
A major survey has found Greece spent billions more on its road network than it did on its railways in recent decades.
Reaffirming the positive climate in relations between the two countries, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to a roadmap of contacts during their much anticipated meeting in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.
A candidate for the leadership of the SYRIZA, Effie Achtsioglou said that her rival and winner of the first round of elections, Stefanos Kasselakis, cannot defeat New Democracy leader and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis “because he has no plan and political experience.”
Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday upgraded the long-term deposit ratings of six Greek banks that it rates (Alpha, Attica, Eurobank, National, Pancreta and Piraeus) by either one or two notches, as well as the stand-alone Baseline Credit Assessment (BCA) of those banks.
The Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) on Tuesday officially approved the listing of Optima Bank’s shares on the market.