Greece on Monday marked the first anniversary of Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack expressing solidarity with Israel and urging for the immediate release of hostages. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry also called for an immediate ceasefire to alleviate civilian suffering and promote peace in the region.
A beekeeper uses smoke to calm the bees as he removes hive frames in Arnaia, Halkidiki, northern Greece in the final days of the honey harvest before winter.
The close race for second place between Haris Doukas, the mayor of Athens, and Pavlos Yeroulanos, an MP and former minister, largely captured the attention of the first round of PASOK’s leadership election on Sunday, which was comfortably won by incumbent leader Nikos Androulakis.
Businesses’ difficulty in attracting employees with the required skills and the changes brought about by the pandemic in the labor market have changed the balance in employer-employee relations.
Relations between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his predecessors Antonis Samaras and Kostas Karamanlis, long tense, reached a breaking point Friday.
With leftist SYRIZA in free fall, the likelihood of a return to the pre-crisis state of having what is effectively a two-party system, with PASOK in the main opposition, can by no means be ruled out.
Police in Iraklio, Crete, arrested a man on Monday morning for illegal possession of weapons.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4 struck the town of Thiva in central Greece on Monday morning, but it did not cause any damage or injuries.