Greece has climbed to the top of a list of 10 countries making the fastest progress in improving their business environment, according to an Economist Intelligence Unit report released on Wednesday.
Former transport and infrastructure minister Christos Spirtzis, who served under SYRIZA from 2016 to 2019, is demanding that his immunity from prosecution be lifted in relation to the ongoing investigations into the deadly train crash in Tempe last year, which cost the lives of 57 people.
Constantinos Filis, director of the Institute of Global Affairs and an associate professor of international relations at the American College of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss Erdogan’s latest outbursts in which he stated that if Turkish troops hadn’t stopped in 1974, then all of Cyprus would be Turkish today.
Based on safety, access to public transport, parking, shopping and entertainment options, parks and schools, as well as pedestrian and pet friendliness, the best areas of Athens to live in are Kato Glyfada, Nea Smyrni, Kalamaki, Ano Ilioupoli, Kolonaki, the Hilton area, Argyroupoli, Pangrati, Ano Glyfada and Vrilissia.
Officials from 36 countries and UN agencies gathered in Cyprus on Thursday to discuss how to expedite aid to besieged Palestinians in Gaza via a sea route launched last week.
The City of Athens is spearheading an initiative with other municipal authorities in the Attica region that will allow them to negotiate special rates with energy suppliers as a single corporate customer.
Police in the seaside resort town of Loutraki in the Corinthian Gulf have seized firearms and ammunition from the home of a 62-year-old man, who has been arrested.
Attica local authorities are putting an end to the issuance of building permits with height and square footage bonuses, as provided for in the New Building Regulations.
Members of the energy cooperative Koinergia in the northern city of Ioannina are finally benefiting from the virtual net-metering of the energy harnessed in their community solar park. Last month, one of them received a negative electricity bill, an eye-catching sight with a reasonable explanation.
The Overall Turnover Index in Industry rose 3.2% in January 2024 compared with the corresponding index of January 2023, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).