Only 2% of Greek middle school graduates achieve top scores in basic skills assessments, raising concerns about the country’s future workforce, according to the European Commission’s 2024 Education and Training Monitor.
A 47-year-old man at the Attica Psychiatric Hospital in Dafni recently killed a 44-year-old female fellow patient. He had committed a similar murder a few years ago.
The use of electronic cigarettes among Greek teenagers has surged in recent years, raising serious public health concerns.
Last year renewables covered 55.3% of demand for electricity in the interconnected system.
Retail turnover grew 2.4% last year to reach 71.57 billion euros.
The cold front Coral will continue to affect Greece and the wider southeastern Europe and eastern Mediterranean regions until Monday, according to the updated weather bulletin from the National Meteorological Service (EMY) issued on Saturday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasized the importance of modernizing public transportation, calling it a “non-negotiable priority” for his government.
The City of Athens is investing €96,000 in climate action initiatives led by young people aged 15-24 through the second round of the Youth Climate Action Fund, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
For years, the Children’s Play Garden of Filothei in northern Athens, one of influential architect and painter Dimitris Pikionis’ (1887-1968) most poetic works, languished in neglect.
Greek police (ELAS) are continuing their investigation into the death of 39-year-old Vassilis Kalogirou, whose badly decomposed body was discovered earlier this month in a remote riverside area in Tirnavos, central Greece. Authorities are gathering evidence to trace his movements before his death.