The government is preparing to introduce tougher rules permanently closing down shops that sell alcohol to minors, a leading government official has said. These provisions will be presented to Parliament early in the new year, State Minister Akis Skertsos told local media outlet SKAI. Under the new rules, enterprises selling alcohol will be required to…
Two days of hearings in a corruption scandal involving urban planning officials across Halkidiki in northern Greece concluded late Saturday night with 20 of 21 arrested suspects testifying before an investigative judge.
Retail turnover is expected to surpass €4 billion this December, according to estimates from the retail sector, which is largely open for business Sunday.
The three main parties to the right of center-right New Democracy collectively represent around 20% of the Greek electorate, but continue to have relatively limited influence because of the deep ideological, political and personal divisions preventing them from joining forces.
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings raised on Friday its long-term sovereign credit ratings on Cyprus to A- from BBB+.
Fire brigade crews rescued and relocated five persons whose lives were endangered by heavy rainfall in the wider Agrinio region, western Greece, on Saturday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ announcements on government intervention to address issues within the banking sector are expected to dominate Sunday’s fifth and final day of parliamentary debate on the 2025 state budget, to culminate with a vote on the budget.
Authorities in Central Greece were carrying out an investigation over the weekend after livestock farmers reported the discovery, in a stream, of the rotting corpses of dozens of sheep, presumably victims of a contagious disease that has been spreading through the area in recent months.
The newly elected leader of SYRIZA offered an indication of the leftist party’s tactics going forward on Saturday, stating that society “does not want consensus politics or a tango for two.”
The European Commission has pulled the brakes on the disbursement of loans from the Recovery and Resilience Fund (RRF), which have been outpacing grants, so that these two forms of support can develop evenly until their completion in August 2026. Greece will submit its fifth payment request this Friday, December 20, for a total of…