Award-winning Israeli journalist Gideon Levy was bestowed the Prize of Democracy for “devoting his life to the search for and defense of the truth,” from Athens Mayor Haris Doukas at the Athens Democracy Forum.
A 44-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run by another motorist while riding an electric scooter in central Athens on Thursday morning.
Authorities have made it easier for doctors who have completed their residencies in the United States to have their specializations certified in Greece.
As artificial intelligence impacts our lives in expected and unexpected ways, leading thinkers, analysts and policy makers came together in the Greek capital to discuss what this burgeoning new technology means for democracy at large.
Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras is making an all-out effort to revamp his image, but his supposed end goal, to create a new left-of-center party, is beset with uncertainties.
Israeli forces have stopped 13 boats – including the Greek Oxygono (Oxygen) – carrying foreign activists and aid bound for Gaza, but 30 boats are continuing to sail towards the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave, flotilla organizers said on Thursday.
The weighted average interest rates on new deposits and loans decreased to 0.31% and 4.45% in August, the Bank of Greece said on Wednesday.
Greece’s inflation fell significantly in September, Eurostat said on Wednesday.
The economic climate index fell to 106.2 points in September from 108.9 points in July, according to the monthly business and consumer survey released by the Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE) on Wednesday.
The second interministerial committee under Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis, following last week’s meeting, this time with an expanded participation, is meeting on Thursday to reduce energy costs in industry.