When a law abolishing the Workers’ Housing Organization was passed in 2012 as part of a package of stringent austerity measures, Greece gave up the last tool of state intervention in the real estate market. So long as the rate of homeownership remained high, the recession continued to suppress property prices […]
It was Sarah Whiting’s last morning in Athens. For the final day of this dense, week-long tour of Greece, the weather improved and the winter sun shone over Syntagma Square. From her hotel balcony she enjoyed a typical sunny Athenian panorama, with the silhouette of the Parthenon in the background. Until […]
Monday’s meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and a 15-member committee of farmers from the northern region of Thessaly concluded without substantive answers regarding the timeline for compensating damages caused by last year’s floods, according to Rizos Maroudas, president of the United Federation of Agricultural Associations of Larissa.
Europe moved a step closer to giving so-called gig economy workers at online platforms such as Uber and Wolt greater social and labour rights on Monday, although companies said little would change under the watered-down rules.
A 15-year-old was prosecuted for having sexual relations with his 13-year-old sister in the city of Rethymno, Crete.
In an incident during Monday’s parliamentary investigation into the Tempe rail crash, Zoi Konstantopoulou, leader of the Sailing for Freedom party, made interventions despite being excluded from speaking due to a conflict of interest.
Greece and Turkey reiterated their joint commitment to build on the existing positive atmosphere during a meeting between Greece’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou and her Turkish counterpart Burak Akcapar on Monday in Ankara, as part of the political dialogue between the two countries’ foreign ministries.
A 17-year-old girl lost her life after falling from a terrace of a six-story building on Monday afternoon in the suburban town of Dafni, Attica.
Defense Minister Nikos Dendias visited Greece’s frigate Hydra, currently participating in the EU naval mission in the Red Sea.
The internationally acclaimed Russian pianist and faculty member at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, Natalia Trull, is coming to Athens to perform a piano recital at the Parnassos Literary Society (8 Georgiou Karytsi, lsparnas.gr).