The Supreme Court has ruled that the Patriotic Union party of outgoing MP Konstantinos Bogdanos and Prodromos Emfietzoglou cannot contest the upcoming elections due to issues with its name and logo.
A Thessaloniki prosecutor has ordered a preliminary investigation into an incident in the city where a group of masked youths stormed into a municipal gallery exhibiting the work of an artist from North Macedonia, harassed the artist and the staff and ordered them to pull down the works.
The country’s largest trade union federation has called for mass participation in May Day rallies on Monday across the country. The General Confederation of Workers in Greece (GSEE), which represents private-sector workers, said it would assemble at 11 a.m. at Klathmonos Square in central Athens.
Italy’s Enel is expected to finalize by May a deal for the sale of around a 50% stake in its Greek renewables unit to Australia-based Macquarie Group, two sources close to the matter said on Thursday.
Some 3.4 million Turkish citizens living abroad began voting Thursday in national elections that will decide whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan can continue governing Turkey after two decades in power.
One of the 12 defendants in the trial over the murder of 19-year-old Alkis Kampanos and the injury of two friends by a group of hooligans in Thessaloniki in February 2022 allegedly confessed on Thursday to dealing the fatal blow to the victim.
With election season in full swing, Greece’s politicians are trying to engage with a group of voters that may not have received their full attention in the past: young voters.
The recent turbulence caused by the collapse of Credit Suisse, Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank will probably not mark a new fiscal crisis, Deputy Head of Financial Sector and Market Analysis at the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Paolo Fioretti, told the Delphi Economic Forum on Thursday.
Nikos Androulakis, leader of PASOK-KINAL, Greece’s third largest party coalition, said on Thursday he is in favour of coalition governments provided his party does well in the upcoming elections on May 21, so that he can negotiate with the winner.
The annual flower show in Athens’ northern leafy suburb of Kifissia is opening on Thursday with a focus on Greek gardens.