Mitsotakis to visit Cyprus Monday
Prime Minter Kyriakos Mitsotakis will visit Cyprus Monday. The visit had been postponed amid the wildfires crisis.
Transparency watchdog chides government over delay in gifts list
The government, which was re-elected in June, has delayed publishing a list of the gifts its officials received in 2022, as stipulated by law, according to Vouliwatch, an independent transparency watchdog that filed a request for the list on July 18.
Savas Tsivicos is new AHEPA Supreme President
Savas Tsivicos is the new Supreme President of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), elected unopposed Thursday at the 101st Annual Supreme Convention in Las Vegas.
Tax collection commandos
Pressure is growing on state debtors who refuse to join the debt programs of the Ministry of National Economy and Finance.
Authorities investigating ammunition depot explosion
A metal fragment, apparently from a missile, lies on a farm near the town of Nea Anchialos, in central Greece.
Why Greece’s green parties are failing to bloom
The lack of a political culture that values environmental issues, the presence of antagonistic political trends, and persistent internal skirmishes are the primary obstacles that prevent the green parties in Greece from establishing themselves as a meaningful political force, according to experts.
‘Europe means cosmopolitanism, openness’
Elaine Papoulias lives in Lincoln, Massachusetts, a small town with a population of about 7,000, half an hour from Boston, which she said reminds her of Laconia.
Housing credit interventions in the pipeline
The government is preparing interventions in the housing credit sector for this fall, with National Economy & Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis vowing that the government will continue to support vulnerable households.
Heatwaves and wildfires: How Greece is handling the double whammy
The heatwave scorching much of Northern Hemisphere is putting human lives on the line and threatening power grids. Climate change is exacerbating weather extremes, making heatwaves more frequent and more severe worldwide.
He held up a bank to get his own money
By the time Walid al-Hajjar stormed his bank armed with a jug of gasoline, four lighters and a willingness to set himself on fire, his wife’s bone cancer was too far gone for him to save her.