Foreigners and Greeks compete for similar residential properties
The gap between foreigners and Greeks is narrowing in terms of the value of the properties they are interested in buying, as well as the amount of rent they intend to pay.
Greece seeks role in IMEC, Mitsotakis tells Modi
Greece wants to participate in the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has told his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, at a meeting on Thursday on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi
Bulgaria’s new PM reaffirms pro-Western orientation ahead of April vote
Bulgaria’s newly appointed prime minister has reaffirmed that his country’s pro-Western orientation is “a core value” and a strategic commitment, as it prepares for April elections.
Court hands 9-year prison sentence to child charity founder
An appeals court in Athens has sentenced the founder of a Greek child charity to nine years and six months in jail for his role in a case involving the abuse of minors under his care, converted into a financial penalty of 10 euros per day.
Culture Ministry promises facelift for sculpture-filled island cemetery
Work will be carried out to conserve and upgrade a historic 19th century cemetery known for its monumental marble sculptures on the island of Syros following a three-year preparatory study, officials said Thursday.
Authority finds more than €10 million undeclared by farm unionist
Greece’s authority against money-laundering has issued an additional report on a farmer’s union official from Crete, as part of an investigation into an EU farm subsidies scam on the southern island, stating that he concealed a total of €8 million from tax authorities.
Police break ring that sold sunflower oil as top-of-the-range olive oil
Police in northern Greece have broken a ring that allegedly sold hundreds of tons of cheap sunflower seed oil packaged as top-quality, award-winning olive oil in the domestic and German market, netting more than €3 million.
Missing 26-year-old found dead in Corinth Canal
A 26-year-old man who had been missing since he disappeared from the suburb of Glyfada, southern Athens, on February 14, was found dead in sea off the Corinth Canal, which separates mainland Greece from the Peloponnese.
Wiring fault scammers allegedly netted €662,000 in weeks
A man has been arrested in southern Greece for allegedly belonging to a ring of scammers that used the increasingly widespread home wiring fault ploy to steal well over half a million euros from vulnerable people in just weeks, police said Thursday.
Athens airport lost contact with radar, say air traffic controllers
The Association of Greek Air Traffic Controllers revealed on Thursday that its staff had lost contact with a radar used to direct air traffic around Athens’ international airport.