The number of irregular border crossings at the European Union’s external borders fell by over one-quarter (26%) in 2025 to almost 178,000, based on preliminary data from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex.
Mount Olympus is no longer the mountain of the gods but of visitors. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, crowding has spread from roadside tavernas to high elevations, with tents filling the Plateau of the Muses and bottlenecks forming on the trail to the summit, raising safety risks.
The geophysical and seismic surveys will follow within 2026, said Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou.
Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said he discussed “extensively” US CAATSA sanctions and defence industry matters at a meeting on Thursday with Tom Barrack, Washington’s ambassador to Ankara.
The next meeting of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to take place in February, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Kathimerini on Thursday.
Greek lawmakers are due Thursday to approve a deal between the transport ministry and Italian-owned Hellenic Train for the delivery of 23 new trains for Greece’s rail network that is set to considerably cut travel times, the government said Thursday. Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said the agreement calls for the first of the new electric…
Protesting farmers have lifted their roadblocks from highways and border crossing points in northern Greece, allowing traffic flows, while keeping their tractors and other vehicles by the roadsides. Delegations representing farmers and livestock breeders are due to meet Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis within coming days, in hope of striking a deal that would end the…
Greece’s leadership welcomed on Thursday the Hellenic Navy’s first FDI-class frigate, Kimon (F-601), marking a new era for Greece’s Armed Forces.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has moved toward creating Greece’s first public, English-language university aimed exclusively at foreign students, approving nine new undergraduate degree programs taught in English and carrying tuition fees.
The state budget’s primary surplus strongly exceeded targets last year resulting in a small overall surplus, according to preliminary data provided by the Finance Ministry Thursday. The primary surplus – which excludes the cost of servicing Greece’s public debt – hit €8 billion in January-December 2025, compared to a budgetary target of €5.32 billion.