Bill Papastergiadis, Greek Community of Melbourne president, and Major General Anastasios Polychronos, superintendent of the Hellenic Army Academy, held talks focused on strengthening cooperation between Greece and Australia in Melbourne, the organization said in a press release.
An explosion caused by a homemade device at the entrance of an apartment building in Thessaloniki’s Kalamaria district early on Wednesday caused extensive damage but no injuries, authorities said.
After 26 years in a Turkish prison, Abdullah Ocalan is carving out a key role for himself as Ankara tries to end his outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party’s four-decade insurgency.
The sheep and goat pox disease that broke out in August 2024 has devastated flocks across the country, especially in the central region of Thessaly, still recovering from the great storm of 2023.
More than seven in 10 respondents (71%) in an opinion poll published exclusively by Kathimerini believe that it is unlikely or impossible that the next national election will produce a viable government.
Two decades after Greece basked in the euphoria of the 2004 Athens Olympics and its surprise Euro 2004 soccer triumph, Greek households today have less real disposable income than they did then, despite the country’s exit from austerity programs in 2018 and a recent period of rising wages and falling unemployment.
A new survey by Klarna, on a sample of 1,000 consumers aged 18-77, reveals a significantly heightened shopping appetite among Greek consumers for 2025’s Black Friday.
Apartment prices are estimated to have increased on average by 7.7% in the third quarter of 2025.
The slowdown in revenue collection was partially offset by modest increases in both direct and indirect taxes.
The expansion of Pier 6 at Thessaloniki port, which will considerably upgrade its commercial and geopolitical importance, is expected to be ready by mid-2029, and the projects linking it to the road and railroad network by 2030 the latest, Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) CEO Ioannis Tsaras said on Tuesday.