Energy upgrades bottlenecked
Major problems have emerged in the market by a bottleneck in the subsidized property energy upgrade programs.
Doesn’t Greece have rich people?
Greece has extremely few rich people – if the official declarations of income and property are anything to go by.
Woman hospitalized after being stabbed by partner
A 30-year-old woman is in intensive care in a Cretan hospital after being subjected to a violent assault by her partner, who stabbed her up to 14 times with a sharp object.
Authorities rescue 91 migrants from Evros islet
Authorities rescued 91 migrants from a river islet and transferred them to a processing center near the border with Turkey, police said Sunday.
Connecting with the Greek digital diaspora
There has been much talk, in this space and elsewhere, about the importance of courting digital nomads. Today, Greece is in heavy competition with many of its southern neighbors to attract those with the means and capacity to live and work from anywhere.
Mitsotakis promises cabinet changes
New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has promised a different cabinet, including more women, in case he wins an outright majority in the June 25 election, as current opinion polls indicate.
No breakthrough in NATO-Turkey talks
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made no breakthrough on Sunday in talks about Sweden’s membership in the military organization with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Investment grade will boost realty
The local property market stands to reap significant benefits, both short-term and long-term, from a likely credit rating upgrade to investment level for Greece.
As Balkan tensions spike, Chinese dragon raises its head
The recent spike in tensions in northern Kosovo, where dozens of NATO peacekeepers were injured in attacks by ethnic Serbs during protests against the appointment of ethnic Albanian mayors, serves as a painful reminder that the deep-rooted conflict in the heart of the Balkans cannot be easily resolved.
Five Greek police officers in custody pending trial for assisting illegal migrant crossings
Five police officers accused of cooperating with human traffickers to facilitate the entry of at least 100 migrants into Greece are being held in custody pending trial.