First-half FDI rises 42% from 2024
Foreign direct investment (FDI) rose nearly 42% in the first half of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024, Bank of Greece data show.
Current account deficit down thanks to cheap oil
Greece’s current account deficit, at €6.7 billion in the first half of 2025, dropped 8.3% from the first half of 2024 (€7.5 billion), Greece’s independent statistics authority ELSTAT announced.
Industrial turnover nearly flat in June
Industrial turnover was almost flat in June, rising just 0.1% compared to June 2024. Last year, it had risen 4.6% from June 2023. Most of the gains came from mining, while manufacturing turnover shrank.
Turkey sees 5% drop in foreign visitors in July, Germans lead arrivals
The number of foreign visitors arriving in Turkey fell 5% from a year earlier to 6.97 million in July, Tourism Ministry data showed on Friday.
Remote area schools struggle to survive
Greece faces an annual dilemma over whether to keep schools operating in remote islands and mountainous regions, as closures accelerate rural depopulation across the country.
Uncontrollable risk
The case of the serious injury of a renowned foreign businessman in Mykonos has two aspects in terms of Greek realities.
Children reportedly witnessed Volos femicide as manhunt continues
New details have emerged in the femicide of a 36-year-old woman Friday morning in the port city of Volos, with all four of her children witnessing the attack.
Between reform and disorder
Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ government was elected with a mandate to establish stability and to get to grips with Greece’s many unsolved problems.
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Greece to verify asylum seekers’ age with medical tests
Greece will implement medical and scientific assessments to determine the age of asylum seekers claiming to be minors, Migration Minister Thanos Plevris announced Friday.