Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy late Tuesday to discuss continued support for Ukraine’s recovery and defense, the Ukrainian presidency said.
A passenger ferry carrying more than 100 people remained stranded on Wednesday after running aground a day earlier on a rocky islet in the South Euboean Gulf, between the island of Evia and mainland Greece, coast guard officials said.
Traffic at Athens International Airport continues to grow at a single-digit pace, slower than in 2024, but still robust compared to other European airports.
Greece remains wary of mounting instability in Libya, as unconfirmed reports suggest the Libyan parliament in Benghazi may be preparing to ratify the illegal 2019 maritime accord with Turkey. The agreement, long rejected by Athens, defines maritime boundaries that overlap with Greece’s exclusive economic zones.
Racing to make maximum use of funds available from the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Fund, the government is offering hefty bonuses to civil servants involved in approving projects for funding.
About 6,500 debtors to the state and banks applied for out-of-court settlements in July, according to the Ministry of Finance.
The Athens Stock Exchange continued on its upward trajectory Tuesday, setting a new 15-year-high, after vaulting over 2,000 points for the first time since 2010 on Monday.
Paid overtime in businesses that were mandated to introduce a digital work card to monitor the working hours of their employees has increased dramatically in the first half of the year, according to data released Monday by Labor and Social Security Minister Niki Kerameus.