Government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou lashed out against SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday due to the party’s decision to vote “present” on the provision for the exclusion of the party of jailed far-right extremist Ilias Kasidiaris from the upcoming elections.
Greece supports the idea of organizing a donor conference in Brussels to collect more aid for the victims of the devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday.
Thousands who lost their homes in a catastrophic earthquake huddled around campfires and clamored for food and water in the bitter cold, three days after the temblor and series of aftershocks hit Turkey and Syria, killing more than 17,000.
A 20-year-old man was injured when he and four friends were attacked by five individuals in the suburb of Maroussi, northern Athens on Wednesday night.
Two of the five flights carrying Greek humanitarian aid arrived at the airport of Adana early Thursday morning, as Athens steps up efforts to help those injured or displaced by the deadly earthquake that levelled large parts of southeastern Turkey and northern Syria.
The entire faculty of the Drama School of the National Theater of Greece resigned on Wednesday, after the deadline they had given to the government for the amendment of a presidential decree which equates the diplomas of drama school graduates with high school diplomas.
Athens and Piraeus will be without tram services for three-and-a-half hours from 10 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. next Wednesday due to a work stoppage by employees, who are demanding the recruitment of new drivers.
The Independent Authority for Tax Revenue (AADE) is making changes to its inspections strategy, shifting attention to cases and sectors of the economy that record high delinquency as well as collectability based on objective risk analysis criteria and data from internal and external information sources.
Domestic wine consumption in Greece increased by 41.3% in the 2021-22 wine season compared to the 2020-21 season, approaching the high levels of 2013, 2014, according to a sectoral study on winemaking, prepared by the company Stochasis Management Consultancy.
With more than 11,000 people confirmed dead across southern Turkey and neighboring Syria after Monday’s devastating earthquakes, rescue teams, local and foreign, are frantically scouring the rubble for the slightest hint of life.