The Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation and the family of its president, Panos Laskaridis, have announced a €1 million donation to Athens Naval Hospital for the complete renovation of its short-term stay wing.
Police in Athens have opened an investigation following the discovery of the bodies of a man and a woman in a home in the Neos Kosmos district.
A European Commission spokesperson reaffirmed support for completing the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), a planned subsea power cable linking Greece and Cyprus, during Thursday’s press briefing.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will announce more than €1.5 billion in tax breaks and other handouts this weekend, officials said, as he seeks to halt a slide in popularity caused by a protracted cost of living crisis and corruption claims.
The country’s largest gaming company OPAP raised its gross gaming revenue by 4.7% year-on-year in the second quarter, driven by strong online casino growth and a steady lottery performance, it said on Wednesday.
Athens Mayor Haris Doukas announced on Thursday that the building of the Old National Printing House will be handed over to the Council of State.
President Konstantinos Tasoulas has conveyed his condolences, and those of the Greek people, to the families of the victims of the funicular railway derailment in Lisbon.
Only 54% of Greek drivers use their seatbelt, while just 21% of passengers do so in the back seat, a study by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and the Panos Mylonas Road Safety Institute (IOAS) has found.
Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis said that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has not contacted Greece regarding its probe into the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), a planned subsea power cable linking Greece and Cyprus.
Sinan Ciddi, a non-resident senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and an expert on Turkish politics, joins Thanos Davelis as we look into Turkish Presisdent Erdogan’s decision to attend the Shanghai Co-operation Organization summit, his cozying up to China, and what it means for the US.