Greek coast guard boats and a helicopter scoured the sea near an eastern Aegean island on Wednesday after an overnight collision between a patrol boat and a speedboat carrying migrants killed at least 15 people and injured more than two dozen.
Greek tax authorities will begin sharing information on cryptocurrency holdings with other countries in the European Union and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to combat tax evasion and money laundering.
The bill incorporates the national social agreement between the government, employer organizations and the General Confederation of Greek Labor (GSEE)
For six in ten Greek households, monthly income lasts only 18 days, highlighting growing pressure on both middle and lower-income families, according to a survey by the Institute of Small Enterprises of the General Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen and Merchants of Greece (IME GSEVEE).
Defense Minister Nikos Dendias held a series of high-level meetings with leading figures from the US House of Representatives and Senate during his visit to Washington.
Migration Minister Thanos Plevris has expressed his grief over the deaths of migrants in late Tuesday’s incident off the coast of Chios, while stressing that the tragedy underscores the fight Greece must wage against “killer smugglers.”
A 67-year-old man has died after being crushed by a tractor while carrying out agricultural work in a village in the Gortynia municipality of the Peloponnese.
Turkey has reiterated its long-standing claims over the demilitarized status of certain islands in the eastern Aegean by issuing a notice to airmen, or NOTAM, objecting to a Greek air force exercise northwest of the island of Karpathos.
Opposition parties have rejected providing a “blank check” for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ proposed constitutional reforms.
Greece plans to soon ban access to social media for children under 15, government sources say, adding that working groups have been set up. Digital Governance Minister Dimitris Papastergiou said his office is ready to implement the measure from the day it is announced by the prime minister.