Category Archives: Latest Greek news

Greek athlete tests positive for doping in Paris, leaves village, team says

A Greek athlete has tested positive for banned substances at the Paris Games and has been expelled from the athletes’ village, the Greek Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.

Larco sale deal is called off

The planned sale of indebted and idle state mining firm Larco has been called off, the Ministry of Finance announced Monday. Market analysts had long expected the move. It was made inevitable Friday, when GEK Terna and AD Holdings, the consortium chosen to buy Larco’s assets and the accompanying mining rights, […]

Prinos oil field can capture 3 mln tons of CO2 a year

The Prinos oil field in northern Greece can capture 3 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, three times the amount envisaged in an initial study.

Top four banks had a good Q2, study notes

The second quarter of the year (April-June) was a good one for Greek banks, NBG securities says in a note following the announcement of the first-half results of the “big four” banks (Alpha, Eurobank, National and Piraeus).

34 kilos of cocaine seized in Piraeus container

A quantity of cocaine whose value reportedly exceeds 1 million euros was confiscated on Monday morning by authorities at the port of Piraeus.

Doubts raised over Himare elections

Athens is indirectly but clearly questioning the election results of Sunday’s runoff municipal elections for the municipality of Himare in southern Albania after serious doubts were raised by members of the ethnic Greek minority.

Karalis clinches bronze in pole vault

Greek star Emmanouil Karalis won bronze in the pole vault final of the Paris Olympics on Monday night.

Female gymnasts have to dance. What if the sport actually valued it?

Women’s artistic gymnastics may be one of the few Olympic events to feature music and choreography, but it doesn’t mean the sport takes them truly seriously. In 2016, in the middle of the Rio Games, the specialist publication Dance Magazine declared that today’s floor routines “insult dance.”

TikTok agrees to withdraw rewards feature after EU raised concerns about potential online addiction

TikTok has agreed to withdraw a rewards feature that raised concerns about its potential to encourage excessive screen time, particularly among children, the European Union’s executive commission said Monday.

Greeks complain 112 emergency alert reminds them of boy who cried wolf

The message of the folktale is quite clear: Repeated false alarms can make a population skeptical, leading to disbelief or inaction even when some end up actually being true.