The technological infrastructure of 120,000 buildings across the country will get an upgrade through the Smart Readiness program, which will offer subsidies of 148.4 million euros and its guide is expected to be published by the end of the month.
A plantation of cannabis was discovered and dismantled by anti-narcotics officers in the area of Mandra, in western Attica, police announced on Saturday.
The region of the island of Evia continues to be rattled by earthquakes, with another moderate tremor of 3.5 on the Richter scale recorded early on Saturday.
The systemic banks’ proposals on Thursday for helping low-income debtors by covering 50% of the rise in interest rates on their installments “is a good first step,” Finance Minister Christos Staikouras told Parliament on Friday.
The Greek coast guard announced on Saturday that a baby died after a refugee boat crashed into a rocky shore south of the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that the courts would correct any mistakes in an appeal process after the jailing of Istanbul’s opposition mayor, and in the meantime Turks had no right to ignore legal rulings.
Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias told the debate on the state budget in Parliament on Friday that tourism will continue to play a key role in economic growth and all the ministry’s actions are aimed in this direction.
Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to break down why this latest move by Egypt’s president to unilaterally declare Egypt’s EEZ with Libya is significant for Greece, and look at the message it sends to both Ankara and the Tripoli-cased government in Libya.
The candidacy in the UNESCO World Heritage List of the archaeological site of Nikopolis in northwestern Greece and preparations to this end were the subject of a meeting to coordinate projects and actions at the Ministry of Culture between Minister Lina Mendoni, Regional Governor of Epirus Alexandros Kachrimanis and Preveza Mayor Nikos Georgakos.
J.P. Morgan has entered into an agreement to acquire a 48.5% stake in Athens-based payments fintech Viva Wallet for over 800 million euros, reports said Saturday.