Category Archives: Latest Greek news

German media: Thessaloniki metro among ‘world’s most beautiful’

Germany’s public broadcaster ZDF has hailed Thessaloniki’s newly inaugurated metro as “one of the most beautiful in the world.”

Short-term rentals’ new rules

Bills foresee strict management guidelines, more scrutiny from tax and tourism officials.

Zografeion Lyceon in Constantinople celebrates Apostle Andrew

A grand musical event was organized at the historic Zografeion Lyceum of Constantinople, in memory of Apostle Andrew of Asia Minor, the founder of the church of Constantinople, on the occasion of the Thronal Feast Day of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The event, held on November 30th under the auspices of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, was a…

Shop owner arrested in underage drinking case, girls hospitalized

Two teenage girls, both under Greece’s legal drinking age of 18, were hospitalized in the provincial city Trikala, in mid-northern Greece, on Saturday night after consuming alcohol purchased from a local grocery store.

Cyprus, NATO and the old mistakes

The issue of Cyprus’ accession to NATO is an old but very bitter one due to the mistakes made and the distortions it reveals in political culture.

Construction companies look abroad for more hands

According to estimates, the construction sector urgently needs 51,000 to 55,000 workers so the total workforce can reach the required 250,000.

Greek pills find way to French drug markets

Millions of Greek epilepsy pills have found their way to France, where they are consumed as a heroin substitute, according to Greece’s police.

Some 2,000 local officials face ax over debts

Approximately 2,000 local government officials are facing the ax nearly a year after assuming office due to unpaid utility bills, traffic fines, property taxes and other debts, some of them for paltry sums, following the conclusions of inspections by the relevant authorities that have taken more than 12 months to be carried out.

PM Mitsotakis rules out extraordinary tax on banks

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has reportedly ruled out imposing an extraordinary tax on bank profits.

Death toll from Storm Bora rises to 3

A man has been found dead on the Halkidiki peninsula in northern Greece following the passage of Storm Bora.