Council of State reviews appeals against law on private universities
Greece’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, is currently reviewing appeals against the 2024 law that allows for the establishment of private universities.
Left parties demand answers over ‘Truth Team’ report
Opposition parties SYRIZA and New Left have attacked ruling New Democracy over a report alleging that key figures within its communications apparatus have been employed for years by a private company with close ties to the governing party.
The criminal provisions of the Constitution and the rule of law
Last week Nikos Alivizatos, a professor emeritus of constitutional law at Athens University, wrote an article for Kathimerini in which he presented the reasons that led him to an interpretative proposal for Article 86 of the Greek Constitution (which grants the Parliament exclusive authority to prosecute government officials for criminal offenses) which was adopted by…
Police search for woman accused of pimping her daughter
Authorities in Hania, Crete, are searching for a 38-year-old woman who allegedly pimped her 17-year-old daughter.
United Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Athens after passenger dies
A United Airlines aircraft en route from New York to Dubai has made an emergency landing at Athens International Airport after a passenger fell ill and subsequently died.
Greece to repay first bailout loans by 2031, 10 years early
Greece will pay off loans granted under the first of three debt-crisis bailouts by 2031, two government officials have told Reuters, as the country seeks to lose its label as the most indebted country in the European Union.
3 injured in military shell explosion at firing range in western Greece
Three people were injured on Friday when a military shell exploded at a firing range in Palaiochori, in the western Greek region of Ilia, local media reported.
Italy sends rejected migrants to detention centers in Albania
Italian authorities said Friday they were transferring 40 migrants with no permission to remain in the country to Italian-run migration detention centers in Albania.
Record foreign investment in Greek realty last year
Foreign investment in the Greek property market recorded a historic high for a year in 2024.
Business loans top €25 bln in 2024
Enterprises report reduced financing needs, enjoying their best capital adequacy since 2010.