Private collection agencies being mulled for recouping EFKA dues
The Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) could collect an extra 4 billion euros from large debtors.
French woman killed in sailing accident in Aegean 600 rally
A 40-year-old French woman who was competing in the Aegean 600 rally died in a sailing accident on Monday night off the coast of the island of Kasos.
Greek islands face water crisis as tourist season peaks
The biggest reservoir on the Greek island of Naxos has dried up, useful only to the turtles that cruise its muddy shallows. Downstream, seawater has seeped into empty irrigation wells, harming the island’s prized potato crop.
Inflation eases to 2.3% in June
Greece’s inflation rate amounted to 2.3% in June, down from 2.4% in May.
Incentives for good taxpayers
The government is planning incentives for taxpayers who are consistent in their tax obligations.
Civil servant racketeering gang unraveled
Police have unraveled a criminal gang of people employed in the civil service that extorted or aided catering establishments and hotels to skirt the law, for building permits, the use of tables and seating and other illegalities.
Cosmetics market grows 12.5% annually in 2023
With tourism growing and Greek consumers turning to products they didn’t use during the pandemic, the domestic cosmetics market appears to be gaining ground.
‘Renato Mordo: The Hours’: Tribute to great Greek-Austrian Jewish opera director
Many Jewish communities in Macedonia and Thrace disappeared in the Holocaust, yet their presence in the places where their communities once thrived is still palpable.
Greek PM to raise North Macedonia provocations at NATO Summit
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to raise the issue of North Macedonia and the observance of the Prespa Agreement at the NATO Summit in Washington.
Man injured in Athens drive-by shooting
A 22-year-old man was shot in a drive-by attack in the western Athens suburb of Peristeri in the early hours of Tuesday, in what police are treating as a gang-related assault.