The Citizens’ Movement for Free Beaches of Paros against their illegal occupation with sun beds and assorted furniture has declared a “significant” and “symbolic” victory after the island’s municipal council unanimously adopted all the proposals made by the municipal opposition.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has attended religious services for the day of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary on the island of Tinos.
Relatives of those who died in the crash of Helios Airways Flight 522, which killed everyone on board, including 22 children, 18 years ago, paid their respects at the accident site on the mountain of Grammatikos in Attica on Monday.
The continued incarceration by the Albanian authorities of an ethnic Greek who was elected mayor of Himare in May is “profoundly anti-European” and risks becoming a barrier to the “Albanian people’s European aspirations,” European Commission Vice President for Protecting the European Way of Life Margaritis Schinas has said.
The ongoing investigation to identify the killer of 29-year-old Michalis Katsouris during clashes on August 7 between rival fans on the eve of the Champions League qualifier between AEK Athens and Dinamo Zagreb has revealed that police officers apparently encountered a group of hooligans on motorcycles twice after the fatal incident but allowed most of…
Chinese-owned merchant ships have exceeded, in gross-tonnage, Greek-owned ones, Clarksons Research, the data and analytics arm of shipping brokers Clarksons, says.
Some 44 forest fires broke out around the country between Sunday and Monday, most of which were immediately dealt with at their initial stage, according to a statement by the Fire Service.
Annual Cyprus tourist arrivals have recorded a 32% increase this year, said Tourism Minister Costas Koumis. He said that a good level of tourist arrivals is expected until November.
More positive reports on Greek banks have come out from Canadian ratings agency DBRS and US financial services company Jefferies Group.
A failure in the state mechanism is usually followed by staffing changes that are mainly intended to placate public anger.