Plans for new handouts in election year
The government is planning a new package of support measures that is expected to exceed 1 billion euros and is mainly scheduled for 2027.
Health minister defends reforms amid harsh OECD criticism
Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis has expressed confidence that health indicators will show clear improvement next year, arguing that recent reforms “cannot fail to be reflected” in the data.
Athens suburban rail commuters protest early morning timetable cut
An association representing commuters on the Athens suburban railway, better known as the Proastiakos, has sent a letter of protest to railway operator Hellenic Train and network owner Hellenic Railways over the recent rescheduling of Athens suburban rail (Proastiakos) services, saying the changes were implemented without timely notice and disregard passenger needs.
Relentless dilemmas in geopolitical instability
For many decades, Greece followed the doctrine of a multidimensional foreign policy. What did it entail? That we are anchored in the West, with close relations with the United States for security reasons, part of the European Union, and with openings, where possible, toward Russia or China.
Lake Kastoria rises as heavy rainfall floods farmland
The level of Lake Kastoria rose by 18 centimeters over four days due to heavy rainfall, adding more than 5 million cubic meters of water to its basin, authorities said.
Over 6.6 million citizens automatically assigned their new personal number
The General Secretariat for Information Systems and Digital Governance has completed the automatic assignment of the personal number for all citizens who had not chosen the first two digits by a November 5 deadline.
Public unfazed by prospect of post-election deadlock, poll shows
Public opinion appears largely unconcerned about the prospect of a government not being formed after the next national elections, according to a new Prorata survey published by Kathimerini.
Putin told me he’d rather fund an orphanage: Tsipras reveals 2015 talks in new memoir
Among the highlights of Alexis Tsipras’ much-anticipated political memoir “Ithaki” (Ithaca), released on Monday, are the former prime minister’s two visits to Russia–one to Moscow and one to St Petersburg–along with his broader contacts with the Russian government and President Vladimir Putin during the first half of 2015.
Unsustainable model
A lot of promises have been sown, but few have yielded any fruit. The answers to all the different problems that trouble citizens in their day-to-day lives start with a well-considered promise and contain what is a recurring motif.
Mitsotakis meets Mistral AI CEO to discuss AI collaboration
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has met, in Athens, with Arthur Mensch, CEO of Mistral AI, one of the largest European startups in artificial intelligence, to explore areas of potential cooperation.