Members of the public and student groups gather at the building of the Athens Polytechnic University in central Athens on Thursday, during the three-day commemoration of the 1973 student uprising, which marks its 50-year anniversary this year.
A low pressure system from the northwest accompanied by a cold front will bring adverse weather conditions over the weekend, with gale force winds throughout the country accompanied by heavy rain and storms in the northern and eastern parts of the country.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Christmas Factory at Technopolis (athens-technopolis.gr).
The impact of the conflict in the Middle East on Greek tourism will be limited, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday.
Alexis Tsipras, the former leader of SYRIZA, expressed his concern about the tensions within the leftist party following the election of Stefanos Kasselakis in a meeting with him on Wednesday, sources close to the former prime minister said.
The government will adopt emergency measures amounting to 350 million euros to support poorer households and citizens in December, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday.
Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union fell by more than 5% in the second quarter of 2023, with the biggest decline recorded in electricity and gas supply, statistics agency Eurostat said on Wednesday.
On Tuesday Prime Minister Mitsotakis highlighted to German Chanellor Olaf Scholz that Greece has the fastest rate of debt reduction in the world. From around 206% of GDP in 2020, Greek debt is expected to decline this year to around 160% of GDP, and this downward trajectory is expected to continue throughout the decade.
Police on Thursday arrested a 16-year-old boy who is accused of systematically bullying a 14-year-old fellow student in Koropi, East Attica.
A homemade explosive device went off outside a houseware store reportedly owned by a Super League soccer referee in the western Athens suburb of Peristeri in the early hours of Thursday.