Criminal group members involved in contract killings arrested
Six individuals accused of being members of a criminal organisation carrying out contract killings were arrested on Tuesday, following a police operation in Attica.
NKUA joins list of top 200 universities in the world
In a significant distinction for Greek higher education, the internationally recognised university ranking publication Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities has ranked the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) 191st worldwide.
Flights cancelled as protesting farmers block Iraklio airport for second time
Greek farmers protesting delays in the payment of subsidies forced the Nikos Kazantzakis international airport in Iraklio, the main town in Crete, to suspend all flights for the second time last night, escalating their labor action that has seen tractors blocking highways around the country.
Is 2025 liberal democracy’s 1989?
Each day it seems clearer that we are living through something akin to what 1989 was for the Soviet Bloc – a chain of events leading to the collapse of the old and the establishment of a new order.
PM: Greece emerging as energy gateway
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece is consolidating its role as a key energy gateway for Southeastern Europe, highlighting the country’s economic progress and strengthening ties with the US in a recorded message to an investment forum in New York.
National Security Council to convene on Tuesday
Greece’s top decision-making body on foreign and defense policy, KYSEA, will convene on Tuesday, the government said.
Theodorikakos: Strategic relationship between Greece and US made stronger
The strategic relationship between Greece and the US is being made even stronger, a development that works in favor of the Greek nation, noted Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos in an interview with Greek-American newspaper The National Herald during his visit to the US.
Solutions sought as farmer unrest grows
The government is racing to unlock delayed agricultural payments as farmers intensify nationwide protests, erecting roadblocks and staging confrontations that have raised concerns over public order and the economy.
Berlin-Athens migrant returns ‘understanding’
Greece and Germany have reached a bilateral “understanding” to clear all pending asylum return cases under the EU’s Dublin Regulation, eliminating returns to Greece through at least the first half of 2026, Greek government sources said.
Cyprus supports the euro for the EU, questions its value domestically
Cyprus shows a high level of support for the euro as positive for the European Union, with 80% of respondents agreeing, per Eurobarometer.