A man has been arrested on Crete for allegedly posting fake news on social media on a missing person case, causing a nuisance to authorities and upsetting the missing man’s family, police said Thursday.
Greece is grappling with a profound economic paradox as 2026 begins: while the nation’s topline gross domestic product continues to expand, the standard of living for its workforce is plummeting toward the bottom of European Union rankings, according to a report released Wednesday.
Fifteen years after the start of the financial crisis, labor in Greece remains one of the most heavily taxed in the European Union.
Wind and solar power for the first time generated more electricity in the European Union than fossil fuels in 2025, driven by a surge in solar output, data from energy think tank Ember showed on Thursday.
Greece’s wind industry enjoyed a year of recovery in 2025, with the pace of new installations returning to the average of the decade, after the major decline in 2024.
Schools reopened Thursday in the Greater Athens region, Patra and other parts of Greece a day after being shut due to impending rainstorms, but others were closed either because storms were forecast or following snowfall and flooding.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has canceled his scheduled trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos due to the storms in Greece and will instead travel Thursday to Brussels for an informal meeting of European Union leaders.
Greece’s island municipalities face the first impacts of the climate crisis but lack the means to respond, according to a study by the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP).
Greece will follow the European Union’s lead in deciding whether to join US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said.
Eldorado Gold’s gold production in Greece is accelerating, with the Canadian group’s management setting 2026 as a milestone for strengthening cash flows and expanding profit margins.