Monk found dead on Mount Athos coast
A 40-year-old monk was found dead Thursday on a rocky shoreline in the Monoxylitis area of Mount Athos, Greece’s all-male Orthodox monastic community. He had been reported missing in late November.
Kasselakis slams austerity in 2025 state budget
Former SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis, founder of the newly formed Movement for Democracy, has criticized the government’s 2025 budget as excessively austere as a five-day debate in parliament got underway.
Turkish spy chief makes symbolic visit to pray in Damascus after Assad’s fall
Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin has visited Damascus, for what the Syrian information ministry said would be talks involving its new rebel leadership.
Contributions to rise by 2.7%
Social security contributions for more than 800,000 non-salaried workers are expected to increase by 2.7% from January.
Retirees demand pension reforms in Thessaloniki protest
Dozens of retirees gathered Thursday outside the National Social Security Agency in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, protesting years of pension cuts, rising living costs and higher medication expenses.
Fox star turned ambassador heading to Athens
Kimberly Guilfoyle, former prosecutor, Fox News host, and fiancee of Donald Trump Jr, has been named by the incoming president as the new US ambassador to Greece.
Break-in reported amid Halkidiki urban planning corruption probe
Authorities are investigating a break-in at the Sithonia Municipality Urban Planning Office in the northern region of Halkidiki, discovered Thursday after officials reported a forced entry.
Kimberly and the death of the ‘woke agenda’
Anyone who was worried that the “woke agenda” was gaining too strong a footing in Greece can breathe a sigh of relief. US President-elect Donald Trump has made sure to eradicate the threat by appointing as his ambassador to Athens a woman who is bound to stir even the most repressed sexist passions of the…
What Kissinger did not understand about Cyprus
It has been about a year since the passing of Henry Kissinger, but Thomas Alan Schwartz, American foreign relations historian, has not lost his interest in the life and especially the actions of the controversial former US secretary of state.
Huawei launches its European logistics hub in Piraeus
Huawei Greece announced on Thursday the launch of its European logistics hub in the port of Piraeus, with the cooperation of PCT.