Pharmaceuticals topped Greece’s industrial exports in the third quarter of 2025, with 78% destined for European countries, the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) reported. Exports of pharmaceuticals, including medicines and consumables, reached €675 million, up 6.3% from the same period last year.
Migration and Asylum Minister Thanos Plevris met with Amy Pope, Director-General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Thursday to discuss strengthening cooperation in migration management and addressing challenges in the central Mediterranean.
Farmers from Thessaly, in central Greece, withdrew their tractors and agricultural machinery from the Nikaia junction on Friday.
Authorities arrested a man on Thursday morning in Kiato, in the northern Peloponnese, on drug trafficking charges after uncovering a fully equipped hydroponic cannabis cultivation laboratory at his residence.
Record arrivals and flight numbers in Greece’s tourism sector reveal another striking trend, with a private jet or helicopter landing at one of the country’s 39 airports on average every 30 minutes over a 24-hour period. In practice, the frequency is even higher, as such flights are rare at night.
Images and videos lay bare the scale of destruction caused by flooding on Wednesday across the Athens basin, from Agios Dimitrios and Ano Glyfada to Vari, Keratsini, Perama, Salamina, Alimos and western Attica.
A child was taken to hospital on Thursday after a drunk driver crashed into parked vehicles outside a school in Hania, Crete.
North Star Entertainment is banking on Athens’ steadily rising tourism flows to support visitor demand at the Voria hotel and entertainment complex under construction in Maroussi, northern Athens, where the Mont Parnes casino is due to be relocated from its current site, further out north, on Mount Parnitha.
A growing share of voters is moving into what pollsters describe as a “gray zone,” according to the latest Pulse survey presented Wednesday, covering January 16-19.
Ukraine’s needs for natural gas remain limited, even under low temperature conditions.