Average gross salary over €1,500 for full-timers
Private sector salaries last year averaged €1,362.66 gross, up €20 compared to 2024, while the average full-time salary increased to €1,516, from €1,478 a year earlier (up €37).
Bulgaria, friendlier than Greece for new startups
Greece ranks much lower than countries traditionally considered friendly and reliable for the establishment of innovative businesses – but also from neighboring countries, such as Bulgaria and Romania – in terms of the business environment it offers to founders with ambitions for international growth.
Aspasia Papadaki, first female Cretan lyre player, dies at 94
Aspasia Papadaki, recognized as the first female lyre player of Crete, has died at the age of 94.
Central bank sees 2% growth through 2028
The Bank of Greece projects the country’s economy will grow steadily at 2.1% from 2025 through 2027 and 2% in 2028, according to its latest report.
Olga Kefalogianni: Not so untouchable after all?
Last week kicked off with heated discussions about a controversial new family law provision that appeared almost tailored to an ongoing legal dispute involving the minister of tourism.
Even small EU nations go big on arms production, sending drones to Ukraine
There’s a chance the dreaded buzz of propellers heard on Ukrainian battlefields is coming from drones built in a country with a population of just over a million on Europe’s southeastern fringe: Cyprus.
Passengers evacuate burning bus in Thessaloniki
A fire broke out early Tuesday morning on a city bus operating a route in the Sindos suburb of Thessaloniki, northern Greece.
Ministry urges early kidney testing nationwide
More than 1.5 million citizens have recently received SMS messages from the Health Ministry urging them to undergo simple tests of kidney function as part of a prevention program.
Anti-drone programs enter bidding phase
The Hellenic Center for Defense Innovation, HCDI, has announced plans to advance three defense programs to competitive bidding in 2026, focusing on anti-drone systems and maritime surveillance.
Civil servants to walk off the job at noon over wage cuts
Greece’s umbrella civil servants’ union is holding a three-hour work stoppage in the greater Athens region on Tuesday, seeking reversal of substantial earnings cuts imposed more than a decade ago during the country’s government debt crisis crisis.