Two arrested following girl’s drowning in summer camp pool
Police in the northeastern region of Halkidiki have arrested two people following the death of an eight-year-girl in a pool in a children’s summer camp.
Call for participation in a preliminary consultation for the project “Digital action for measurement and monitoring of air and marine pollution”
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More homes are being bought, but mortgage loans are decreasing
Only about one in 12 homes are bought using mortgage loans. In 2023, there were 174,475 property transactions, up 21.1% on 2022, and just 14,621 loans granted to buy or build a house.
Questions on how fire entered city
As firefighters battled scattered blazes on Tuesday in the aftermath of the major wildfire that burned into the northern suburbs of Athens, most residents were finding it hard to explain how a blaze that started on Sunday some 40 kilometers away in Grammatiko village had reached their doorsteps.
Can this tiny economy show Europe how to compete again?
Sweden’s economy has, in many ways, suffered from the same tribulations as the rest of Europe: recent bouts of crushing inflation and recession, and now the prospect of meager growth in a world split by geopolitical and economic conflict.
Global youth unemployment rate reaches 15-year-old low, ILO reports
The global youth unemployment rate reached a 15-year-old low of 13% in 2023, lower than the pre-pandemic year of 2019 (13.8%), according to the International Labor Organization. In Greece, the rate was 22.3%.
The Acropol Palace’s fall from grace
From Tositsa Street in central Athens, the imposing building of the old aristocratic art nouveau hotel Acropol Palace can be seen in all its splendor.
Banned Russian oil now loaded off Aegean islands
Traders are moving Russian diesel cargoes to a new ship-to-ship (STS) loadings site in the northern Aegean Sea, as Western sanctions hit vessels carrying fuel loaded in Russian ports, LSEG and market sources data show.
More wealthy migrating to benefit from special tax regimes
A record 128,000 individuals with a net worth exceeding €1 million are expected to change their country of residence this year, exceeding the previous year’s record of 120,000, according to UK-based consultants Henley & Partners.
Land burnt equivalent to 2.5% of Attica area
Teams of the General Directorate for the Rehabilitation of the Effects of Natural Disasters of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Policy began the process of recording damage on Tuesday in the aftermath of the devastating fire that ripped through northern Athens on Sunday and Monday.