Major parties seeking fresh impetus
Local elections frequently take on the characteristics of a referendum and serve as a platform to convey a message that voters wish to express.
Slight cooling seen in property prices
Property investments from foreigners wishing to secure a Golden Visa have brought in at least €10 billion, professionals in the real estate sector say.
Coast Guard locates 51 undocumented migrants in Mykonos, three traffickers arrested
The Coast Guard located 51 undocumented migrants (42 men, 8 women, and a minor) who disembarked from a yacht on Aghia Anna Kalafati beach on the island of Mykonos on Wednesday afternoon.
Spartiates leader expels three deputies from his parliamentary group
Opposition party Spartiates leader Vassilis Stigas lashed out at his MPs who did not attend parliament at Thursday’s debate on the wildfires, expelling three of them.
Businesses eager to pay back loans
Since the beginning of 2021, Greece’s four biggest banks – Alpha, Eurobank, National and Piraeus – have lent businesses some €70 billion, and businesses, in turn, have paid back €55 billion from these or earlier loan.
F-35 flies over the Acropolis
On Thursday at noon, Athenian visitors and residents heard a deafening noise, which, as some may have noticed, came from three fleeting F-35 aircraft of the United States Air Force.
PM: Greece to launch drones, temperature sensors to better fight wildfires
Greece’s prime minister said on Thursday it would launch drones and install forest temperature sensors to improve preventive firefighting after criticism from climate activists over a devastating wildfire burning for almost two weeks.
Greece reinforces firefighting forces as a massive wildfire in the northeast burns for a 13th day
Greek authorities further reinforced firefighting forces in the country’s northeast Thursday, where a massive blaze in its 13th day has flared up once more and prompted authorities to alert area residents to be on standby for possible evacuation.
Air traffic to increase in autumn as tourist season is extended
Air traffic in Greece from August 28 to October 22 is expected by the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation, commonly known as Eurocontrol, to be 10% to 30% higher than in 2022, due to the extension of the tourism season as more travelers opt for holidays outside the hottest months of the…
Greece laments ‘counterproductive’ Erdogan comments on Turkish holiday
Greece said on Thursday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s comments on the 1922 Greco-Turkish War were “counterproductive” and do not help relations between the two countries.