The government welcomes any investigation into allegations of fraud linked to the way €2.5 billion in European Union funds has been awarded to just 10 companies in Greece, Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis has said.
The new reduction in social security contributions by employers, which the government plans to implement in two phases, will start in 2025.
US Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis emphasized the significance of Greece’s strategic partnership with the US during a discussion at the 9th Delphi Economic Forum on Thursday.
Witness an exclusive screening of the short film “Bearcave,” directed by Stergios Dinopoulos and Krysianna Papadaki, winners of the 46th Drama Short Film Festival.
Fredi Beleri, an ethnic Greek mayor-elect in Albania sentenced to two years in prison in March for vote-buying, is unlikely to be a candidate for the European Parliament with Greece’s ruling party, New Democracy, in June’s European Parliament election.
A black-walled dining hall with 2,000-year-old paintings inspired by the Trojan War has been discovered during excavations at the Roman city of Pompeii, authorities have said.
Turkish police have seized the third largest haul of cocaine in the country’s history, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced, as groups monitoring organized crime warned that the country was becoming an entry point for drugs reaching Europe.
Photographer Achilleas Alexandrakis presents “Gobi: The Desert,” a collection capturing the immensity, awe and admiration evoked by the vast, arid region in northern China and southern Mongolia.
Former SYRIZA prime minister and ex-leader of the opposition Alexis Tsipras voiced his concerns about the surge of far-right populism in Greek politics during an interview at the 9th Delphi Economic Forum Thursday.
A common strand of failure runs through our disasters – at the crucial moment, we were either unprepared or indifferent to what might happen.