The Director of the British Museum spoke about the museum’s renovation and modernization efforts, the Parthenon Marbles, and last year’s scandal involving missing antiquities, in an interview with the Financial Times.
Rousos Koundouros, head of the Foreign Ministry’s Directorate of Political Affairs, has resigned.
To alleviate the housing crunch, the government is considering further incentives for property owners who decide to switch from Airbnb-type short-term rentals to long-term ones.
A recent study by the Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development has highlighted key challenges facing Greek museums and archaeological sites
PPC, Greece’s dominant electricity provider, showed strong operating profitability in the first nine months.
Two minors, aged 15 and 13, were arrested by the police on charges of forming a criminal gang and committing robbery in the Alimos area of southern Athens. A third minor is still being sought.
An Intelligence and Counterintelligence Academy is being established as an educational wing of Greece’s National Intelligence Service (EYP), state broadcaster ERT has reported.
People attend commemorative celebrations inside the Athens Polytechnic, to mark the 51st anniversary of a 1973 student uprising against the military junta that ruled the country at the time, in Athens, Greece, on November 15, 2024.
The week closed with rising bond prices and falling yields as capital markets anticipate Fitch’s credit rating review for Greece on November 22.