Primary budget surplus exceeds January target
Greece posted a primary budget surplus of €3.51 billion on a modified cash basis in January against a target of €1.75 billion, preliminary data showed Monday.
Greece attending Board of Peace meeting as observer
Greece will participate as an observer in a Board of Peace meeting on Gaza convened by US President Donald Trump on February 19 in Washington, the government said. Deputy Foreign Minister Haris Theoharis will represent Greece at the session.
Fear and mismanagement
There are pockets of intransparent practices and outright mismanagement of taxpayers’ money in this country.
Soccer chairman arrested for attacking police at match
The chairman of a Greek soccer team and another two people have been arrested for assaulting police during a match at a soccer stadium in the Greater Athens region, authorities said Monday.
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Family of celebrated ceramist catalogs work for exhibition
The descendants of acclaimed Greek ceramist Panos Valsamakis, Panos and Sofia, opened the door of his studio to Kathimerini as they collect and catalog hundreds of his works, ahead of a major retrospective at the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) later this year.
Russian and Ukrainian in trouble after their Polish-flagged yacht blows ashore
Authorities on the northeastern Aegean Sea island of Lemnos have arrested a Russian and a Ukrainian man for illegally entering Greece after their yacht ran aground in high winds on the island’s northern coast, officials said Monday.
Life-term inmate charged with murder after fatal prison shooting
An inmate serving a life sentence has been charged with intentional homicide after fatally shooting a fellow prisoner at Domoko prison in central Greece on Sunday.
Historian Hélène Glykatzi-Ahrweiler dies aged 99
Historian Hélène Glykatzi-Ahrweiler has died aged 99, drawing expressions of regret and condolences from Greece’s political leadership Monday.
Vitafree biscuit factory of Violanta owner suspended for ‘technical work’
Operations at a biscuit factory belonging to the owner of the Violanta factory, in Trikala, central Greece, where five workers were killed in an explosion late last month, were suspended as of Monday due to “scheduled external technical work,” the company announced.