Coast guard officials on Samos have picked up 27 migrants who were stranded on a rocky islet northeast of the eastern Aegean island. Upon receiving information that the migrants were on Aghios Nikolaos, a coast guard vessel approached the islet and located the group. A patrol boat subsequently, collected the migrants and took them to…
Authorities in the southern Peloponnesian city of Kalamata have rescued 81 people stranded on a ship south of the mainland, on a route frequently used to take migrants illegally to Italy, local officials have said. Municipal officials said the city had provided a temporary shelter for the people rescued, who identified themselves as coming from…
Greece plans to raise up to €10 billion euros from debt markets via short- and long-term bond issues next year, its debt agency PDMA said on Friday. Outlining its 2024 strategy, PDMA said Greece plans to repay ahead of schedule more bailout loans and reduce the amount of T-bills in circulation.
PASOK-KINAL head Nikos Androulakis pledged on Friday to launch a campaign against the residence-permit-for-property-buys scheme.
The last of the 105 suspects charged after last August’s violent incidents outside the AEK stadium in Nea Filadelfia, Athens, which resulted in the fatal injury of AEK supporter Michalis Katsouris, have been released from custody.
The direct contribution of tourism to Greece’s GDP is estimated to be close to 24 billion euros, or 11.5% in 2022, with five regions representing almost 90% of the country’s receipts, three of which are purely tourist regions.
Unknown assailants violently attempted to abduct a woman at the Elaionas toll station in Aigio, western Greece, on Thursday evening.
In a first for Greece, a farm exclusively for substance abusers, who will be able to work in agriculture as part of their drug addiction program to gain skills they can use after they “graduate,” is being planned by the Health Ministry.
Cyprus is the first European Union member country to repatriate more migrants whose asylum applications have been rejected than have arrived in a single year, the east Mediterranean island nation’s interior minister said Thursday.
The leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop Ieronymos, has described homosexuality as a “deviation.”