Category Archives: Latest Greek news

Probing tax residents abroad

The tax administration is examining the taxpayers who, although they have declared their permanent residence outside Greece, live and work in the country.

Pharma industry holds commanding share in manufacturing R&D

Investments in research have been increased considerably by the local pharmaceutical industry, which accounts for some 25% of expenditure in innovation in the manufacturing sector.

Alexander the Great worshiped in ancient Iraq, archaeologists find

An inscription written in Aramaic and Greek that means “giver of the two brothers,” and a coin, a silver drachma, suggest to archaeologists at the British Museum in London the discovery of a temple in Iraq that was built at the request of Alexander the Great.

Gerapetritis affirms Greek commitment to de-escalation of Mideast crisis

Greece will persist in its efforts to contribute to the de-escalation of the crisis in the Middle East through every available means, as indicated by Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis during a meeting with Arab ambassadors in Athens on Thursday, according to diplomatic sources.

The far-right blur

We already knew that Greeks have a high opinion of themselves from a Pew Research Center survey conducted in 2015-2017 and published in 2018 which showed that 89% of us stated that “our culture is superior to that in the rest of Europe.”

Why study in Greece? Two US students tell us

Representatives of a growing trend of American students seeking to spend some time studying at a Greek university, Anya and Avery are Fulbright scholars doing a stint in Greece.

New dramas look at migration from differing perspectives

On September 22, the deputy prime minister of the Polish government, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, called an emergency press conference in order to denounce a film.

Greek shippers exit Russian oil trade

Three major Greek shipping firms have stopped transporting Russian oil in recent weeks in order to avoid US sanctions now being imposed on some shipping firms carrying Russian oil, four traders told Reuters and shipping data showed.

Two die in overnight car collision

Two women lost their lives, and three others sustained injuries in a severe car collision on Poseidonos Avenue in Vouliagmeni, south of the center of Athens, overnight. 

Greece ready to launch offshore wind farm market

Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE) has secured the required electrical capacity of 2 gigawatts to facilitate the launch of the “nationally important new market of offshore wind parks in Greece,” noted ADMIE Chairman and CEO Manousos Manousakis on Thursday.