Ferryboat fever mars visitor experience
“I for one still find it hard to believe that I actually paid money to be treated so poorly,” George Gigicos wrote on the English-language news site Nea Proini.
Drying lakes and thirsty trees: In drought-hit Greece, water trucks are keeping crops alive
Six weeks before harvest, there’s no water left in the ground for farmer Dimitris Papadakis’ olive grove in northern Greece, so he has started a new morning routine.
Smugglers throwing migrants off speedboats in Aegean Sea to avoid arrest, says Greek coast guard
Smugglers ferrying migrants from Turkey to Greece’s eastern islands have in two cases adopted the new and dangerous tactic of knocking some passengers off their speedboats into the sea to avoid capture by pursuing coast guards, Greek authorities say.
Finance minister announces surge in VAT revenue
Electronic payments and monitoring methods have boosted the collection of value-added tax (VAT), Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said Tuesday.
Chevron-led consortium to present updated development plan for Cyprus gas field
A Chevron-led consortium that holds licensing rights over a gas field off Cyprus will present an updated development plan within days, one of the partners said on Monday, after Cyprus gave them a three-month deadline to comply.
Cycling the Western Balkans: A wild, yet welcoming, mountain tour
“Hey mate!” a cyclist called to us in an Australian accent as he pedaled by on the rocky dirt road that serves as the main street of the village of Theth deep in Albania’s Dinaric Alps.
Greek startups get €170 million in funding in year’s first half
Greek startups have attracted €170 million in funding from investors in the first half of 2024, second only to the Czech Republic among Central and Eastern European countries, according to online tech media The Recursive.
Greek artist takes ‘Dowry’ to textile biennale in Portugal
“Come on in. Let me show you my ‘Dowry,’” artist Nikos Iosif quipped as he welcomed me into his workshop just a few months after hitting one of the most important milestones of his career.
What can Greece expect from Kamala Harris?
The next occupant of the White House will face a dystopian global environment, with intense challenges to American supremacy, diminished influence, stronger regimes seeking to change the post-Cold War order and key Washington allies such as France and Germany in the throes of domestic turmoil.
Stocks start up, but slip in the end
The Athens stock market followed the same pattern Tuesday as previous sessions: trading within a narrow band on low turnover. Although it started positively, with the general index trying to breach 1,440 points, sellers prevailed toward the end.