Ferry returns to Piraeus over medical emergency
The Dodecanese-bound Blue Star Patmos ferry was forced to return to the port of Piraeus on Tuesday due to a medical emergency concerning a 69-year-old citizen.
Air China capacity on Athens-Beijing route soars 128% year-on-year
Service’s popularity led Air China to utilizing some of its largest and most modern aircraft.
Apartment prices in Greece up 13.4% in 2023
Apartment prices in Greece rose by 13.4% in 2023, compared to an 11.9% rise in 2022, according to data by Bank of Greece published on Tuesday.
ND MP calls on Church to condemn threat from ‘Golden Dawn Youth’ over gay marriage
A governing New Democracy lawmaker has received a written threat by the “Golden Dawn Youth” because he voted for legislation allowing marriage between same-sex couples and is calling on the Church of Greece and opposition lawmakers who voted against the law to condemn the action
EU Commission proposes 1.5-billion-euro common defense industry package
The European Commission on Tuesday proposed a new 1.5-billion-euro ($1.63 billion) defense industry program, which would be financed from the European Union budget for the period between 2025 and 2027.
Greek capital’s oldest ‘new’ district
The Church of Agios Nikolaos and the residential area of Neapoli in Athens in 1918. With rare photographic material and contemporary artistic creations, a major exhibition of the Hellenic American Union which opens on Tuesday evening seeks to reintroduce Neapoli.
Probe launched into cancer hospital after photo leaked of patient recovering in hallway
Separate criminal and administrative investigations have been launched into a Thessaloniki hospital after a photograph was posted on social media showing a patient recovering from an anesthetic stupor in a hallway.
For younger Greeks, democracy is not all it’s cracked up to be
The quality of the democracy achieved during the Metapolitefsi era, its institutional and financial performance, is held in much lower esteem by younger generations than older Greeks, a new poll has found.