The rebirth Omonia is still waiting for
As business activity flatlined during Greece’s decade-long economic crisis, tourism came like a jolt from a defibrillator, with the ensuing pandemic in 2020-2021 giving it time to grow bigger and stronger.
As business activity flatlined during Greece’s decade-long economic crisis, tourism came like a jolt from a defibrillator, with the ensuing pandemic in 2020-2021 giving it time to grow bigger and stronger.
A court in Athens on Thursday found ex-Golden Dawn MP Konstantinos Barbarousis guilty of “actions preparatory to treason,” but ruled that he should not be sentenced to prison because he later retracted.
Police in Crete discovered a hoard of weapons – including sticks of dynamite, high-powered air rifles, 107 axes, 166 combat knives and 24 machetes – in the home of a man who had made threats against law enforcement authorities on social media.
Earlier this week Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis essentially launched his pre-election campaign, unveiling a roadmap to the 2027 elections. We’re also seeing speculation about a possible Alexis Tsipras comeback to the political stage, while the far-right is back in the news. Lamprini Rori joins Thanos Davelis as we take a closer look at these developments.
The bailout period may have ended seven years ago, but the competitiveness deficit of the Greek economy remains large. The gap that separates Greece from other countries, and indeed the wider Balkan and Mediterranean region, is actually deepening.
A passenger flight from Athens to Riga had to make an emergency landing soon after takeoff in the Greek capital on Thursday morning.
Greek lawmakers voted on Thursday to set up a committee to conduct a preliminary investigation into a former transport minister who oversaw the railways prior to the country’s worst-ever train crash in 2023.
After a long spell of clear skies, a change in the weather is expected across Greece, starting on Friday afternoon in the north and expanding southward on Saturday, bringing strong but localized thunderstorms and strong winds.
US defense giants, backed by a strong Congressional delegation from Washington, used the Paris Airshow to showcase cutting-edge technologies and court European partners as they seek to tap into rising regional military spending.
The Athens municipal authority is raising fresh hurdles against a new metro station at Evangelismos, objecting to plans to temporarily close off a section of Rizari Street – which connects two major thoroughfares, Vassilissis Sofias and Vassileos Constantinou avenues, near Syntagma Square – for its construction.