The SYRIZA leftist opposition has accused Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of presiding over “the most severe tax drain of the post-dictatorship era,” while renewing calls for his resignation.
Asylum applications in the European Union fell 23% in the first half of 2025, led by a sharp decline in Syrians seeking protection, the bloc’s asylum agency said on Monday.
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Kathimerini understands, on the basis of information from police sources, that the ringleaders of the Crete-based gang involved in drug and weapons trafficking were asked to pressure a detained businessman not to give away his partner in a case involving the attempted bribery of two NATO officials in Romania.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be heading to the United States later this month, where, Kathimerini understands, he will present the Order of the Phoenix, one of the country’s highest honors, to four prominent Greek Americans.
Greece is looking to build on a strong start in the World Cup qualifying round when it faces Denmark on Monday night in Piraeus.
The head of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint Catherin’s at Sinai, Archbishop Damianos has announced the timetable for his succession, laying out step by step how a new leader will be chosen.
Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday reaffirmed his government’s commitment to the planned Great Sea Interconnector, a major energy infrastructure project aimed at linking the electricity grids of Cyprus, Greece and Israel.
Police have arrested the abbot of the historic Monastery of the Dormition of the Virgin, also known as the Mega Spilaio monastery, in Kalavryta in the northern Peloponnese, on suspicion of trying to sell Byzantine icons and rare religious texts.
Greece is expected to begin the week with mostly clear skies, before conditions gradually become unsettled, with the possibility of showers as the days progress.