Greeks have spent a staggering 22.7 euros billion on online gambling, agencies of the gaming firm OPAP, land-based casinos, lotteries and horse racing in the last eight months (January-August), according to figures from the Hellenic Gaming Commission (EEP).
Greek law enforcement authorities took part in a 25-nation operation designed by Europol to crack down on the trade of fake and substandard food and beverages, the police said in an announcement on Friday.
The Health Ministry is offering attractive financial incentives to encourage young physicians to pursue the specializations of pathology and general medicine, where there is a severe shortage in Greece, and to support the institution of the personal doctor.
Greece firmly supports European Union negotiations with India, Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Extroversion Kostas Fragogiannis said on Friday.
The situation with refugees and migrants in Greece remains difficult as arrivals continue, cramming reception facilities on the islands that have reached their capacity.
SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has issued a fresh warning to dissenters inside the main leftist opposition, stating that those who undermine the party’s unity will not find a place on the election ballots.
Greece is no longer the “‘sick man’ of Europe” but a “fully fledged pro-European actor in the European Council,” noted former European Council president Herman van Rompuy in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.
The police arrested three minors on charges of robbing two 16-year-olds in the northern Athens suburb of Kifissia late one Friday night.
Police in Cyprus said Saturday they arrested four people on suspicion of setting off a small explosive device that caused no damage not far from Israeli Embassy in the capital Nicosia.
Like many other European countries which suffered from the post-pandemic serge in European-travel this summer, Greece is struggling with an issue of overtourism.