Greece will offer subsidies for fuel and fertilisers and ferry ticket discounts worth a total 300 million euros ($346 million) in April and May to shield consumers and farmers from rising energy prices stemming from the Iran conflict, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday.
The US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford arrived Monday at the NATO Marathi Pier Complex in Souda Bay, Crete, where it is expected to remain for more than a week of repairs following a non‑combat fire that injured sailors and damaged parts of the ship.
Athens shifts into parade mode on Wednesday for Greek Independence Day.
More and more tourists choose to skip restaurants and tavernas in Greece – given their often disproportionally high charges – and prepare their meals by themselves.
Greece’s top decision-making body on foreign affairs and defense, KYSEA, is set to convene at the Maximos Mansion at 11 a.m. Monday, chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.
Taxi drivers across Greece launched a 24-hour nationwide strike Monday, as a contentious Transport Ministry bill they say threatens the viability of their profession goes to a vote in Parliament.
Sharp price increases, reaching as high as 28%, have been recorded for lamb, goat and beef in Cyprus.
AEK will enter the Super League playoffs with a two- and three-point advantage over rivals Olympiakos and PAOK respectively.
On Samouil Kalogirou Street, a narrow passage opening onto Piraeus Street between Agion Asomaton and Koumoundourou Square, decay reads like a cenotaph to a vanished Athens.
93-year-old Spyros Zacharatos, descendant of the heroes of Messolonghi, stands on the central staircase of the Xenokrateion Archaeological Museum shortly after the painting by Eugene Delacroix was placed in its position.