Farmers standoff reaches breaking point
Relations between the government and farmers have reached a breaking point as the holiday period has passed but roadblocks remain in place across the country.
Storms to persist through Thursday
Meteorologists updated an emergency weather bulletin Tuesday, warning of intense storms through Thursday morning across western and northeastern regions of the country. The severe weather system, featuring prolonged heavy rainfall and thunderstorms, began Tuesday and will persist until Thursday’s early hours.
Richard S. Welch – Marking 50 years of solemnity, frustration, and honor
At noon on December 23, 2025, at Arlington National Cemetery’s gravesite of Richard S. Welch, a ceremony honored and commemorated the life of a fallen hero and supreme Grecophile.
Landfill gets 3-year extension
The Athens metropolitan waste management authority has approved yet another extension of the Fyli landfill just before Christmas, granting the facility three more years of operation.
Breaking stereotypes: Blind climber shines in 2025 highlights
Ten-year-old Theodoros Vasilakis from Ioannina, who was born blind, poses on a climbing wall in a portrait by photographer Dimitris Tosidis.
Small plots, age poor training limit production
Greece ranks among the EU’s most challenged agricultural sectors, with persistent structural problems undermining decades of modernization efforts, according to a European primary sector report released Wednesday with 2020 data.
Startups in Cyprus woo Silicon Valley
Cyprus’ startup scene is catching the eye of investors across the Atlantic.
Improved economic sentiment in Cyprus
Economic sentiment in Cyprus recorded a notable improvement in December, with the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI-Cyphers) rising 1.6 points compared to November.
Tax authority to perform some 200 checks every day
The Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) is putting thousands of Single Property Tax (ENFIA), value-added tax (VAT) and income tax return cases under the microscope in 2026, planning the new year’s audits.
Reviving Venezuela’s flow of oil will not come easily or cheaply
President Donald Trump painted a picture over the weekend of how US oil companies would dive into Venezuela after the ouster of President Nicolás Maduro and “spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure” and “start making money for the country.”