A cruise ship, carrying 581 passengers and 404 crew members, was towed to the Port of Piraeus after experiencing a mechanical issue about 7.5 nautical miles southeast of Aegina island, near Athens.
Budget tax proceeds exceeded targets by 7.5% or 3.156 billion euros in the January-September period, totaling €44.982 billion, and were down 3.5% on a monthly basis, the National Economy and Finance Ministry said in a report on Monday.
Greece’s main healthcare provider, EOPYY, is reducing the frequency with which private diagnostic centers can perform laboratory tests for the insured to address excessive prescribing and cut costs.
Turkey will allocate more than $40 billion to its defense budget in 2024, a presentation by a vice president showed, marking a 150% increase from this year’s budget, in another move to bolster its defense capabilities.
Passenger traffic in Greek airports grew 9.3% in September compared with the same month last year, and 13.9% against September 2019, the Civil Aviation Authority said in a report on Tuesday.
Asset investments by funds in Cyprus rose to just under 3 billion euros in the second quarter of the year, reaching the highest point ever and illustrating the sector’s growing contribution to the local economy.
Natural gas consumption fell 15.38% in the January-September period this year compared with the corresponding period in 2022, the National Natural Gas System Operator DESFA said in a report released on Tuesday.
The first Euroleague trips outside Greece proved too difficult for the country’s two representatives.
Local government elections in Greece have their own peculiarities and the trends they show are not perfectly aligned with those of the national polls.