Regional and island universities are moving to develop or acquire land to build housing complexes for students and academic staff, aiming to ease acute rental pressures and make use of idle property.
Although the financial impact of the Supreme Court’s decision on the calculation of Katseli Law loans is manageable for Greek banks, new credit challenges are emerging for the sector, rating agencies warn.
The Agriculture Ministry on Thursday reported a drop in new cases of the sheep and goat pox epidemic causing havoc in Greece’s livestock breeding industry, which has seen nearly 477,000 animals culled so far.
Traffic disruptions are expected in central Athens from Friday afternoon as farmers protesting high production costs are planning a rally with tractors outside Parliament.
Conservative former politician Anastassis Papaligouras has died aged 78, his New Democracy party said Thursday.
Livestock farmers are warning of a “two-month war” against sheep and goat pox, forecasting “ugly situations” following the Easter holiday.
Police at the seaside town of Porto Rafti, east of Athens, have arrested three teenagers who allegedly threw stones at a passing bus, smashing its windows.
Authorities on Thursday reported that a man died after falling onto the tracks of the Syntagma metro station, following an earlier announcement of service disruptions.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in Ankara for talks that maintained diplomatic civility while exposing persistent disagreements between the two nations.
A bout of unsettled weather that left a significant amount of damage in its wake after sweeping into Greece on Wednesday is forecast to continue through Thursday and Friday, with heavy rain, thunderstorms and gale-force winds.