Stavros Niarchos Foundation donates new air ambulance aircraft
A new Beechcraft King Air 360C aircraft was officially received on Monday by the national ambulance service, strengthening Greece’s air ambulance capabilities.
Son accused of fatally stabbing mother in Larissa
A 21-year-old man has been detained by police on suspicion of fatally stabbing his 52-year-old mother in Larissa, central Greece.
Merz’s bad start
For Friedrich Merz, the first day in the new job could not have gone worse. His failure to secure the necessary votes in the Bundestag to secure the chancellorship of Germany in the first round – the first time this has happened in the history of the post-war republic – was a humiliation.
France, Greece, Spain and Ireland to push for EU-wide social media age verification
France, in coordination with Greece, Spain and Ireland, is preparing to push for new European legislation requiring mandatory age verification for creating social media accounts, French Deputy Minister for Digital Policy Clara Chappaz said on Sunday.
Quiet and efficient
Greece, and especially Greece since the restoration of democracy, has a big problem. It lacks those Greeks who deserve the English term “statesman” – people who truly deserve to handle the affairs of the state and the fate of the nation.
John Beasley | Athens | May 15
Grammy-winning jazz pianist John Beasley will make his Greek debut at Athens’ Theater of the No (3 Konstantinou Paleologou) on May 15.
Finance minister vows full repayment of bailout loans by 2031
Greece aims to fully repay the loans from its first international bailout package a decade ahead of schedule, Economy and Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has reiterated in an interview with Bloomberg, during his visit to Brussels for Eurogroup and EU finance minister meetings.
It’s nuts: Excess demand and limited supply
Getting off the ship at the port of Aegina, one of the first images you see is the queues of visitors forming in front of the kiosks selling the famous Aegina pistachios.
Mitsotakis and Meloni sign agreements on energy and railways
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the conclusion of two key agreements on an electricity interconnector and railway infrastructure with Italy during a joint press conference in Rome alongside his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni.
Terna and IPTO sign €2-bln deal on Italy-Greece power connection
Italian power grid operator Terna and its Greek counterpart IPTO have signed a deal worth nearly €2 billion on a new undersea electricity interconnector between Italy and Greece.