Category Archives: Latest Greek news

Multinationals flow to Greece

Multinational companies, technology giants and foreign startups are descending on Greece, helping it reverse the brain drain of the 2010s.

Greece ranks second worldwide in 2023 Blue Flag awards

Six hundred and seventeen (617) Greek coasts, eighteen (18) marinas and six (6) pleasure boats won this year’s ‘Blue Flag’ international quality award, it was announced on Wednesday by the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature (EEPP), Greece’s operator of the Blue Flag international program.

Greek annual inflation rate slowed to 3.0% in April

Greek annual inflation rate slowed spectacularly to 3.0% in April, from 4.6% in March and 10.2% in April last year, the Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Wednesday. This change reflects almost exclusively a rapid fall in energy prices, while prices in food and food items grew 11.4% in the month

Users start innovating for themselves

In a world of constant commercialization and patenting of every innovation, even those needed to cure very serious diseases, the lion’s share of the scientific community consisting of eminent experts propose the free sharing of knowledge and synergy between manufacturing companies and product users-perceivers to accelerate the development of new technologies.

Study refutes prior beliefs about ancient eruption

Researchers have utilized state-of-the-art geophysical and geological techniques to conduct a comprehensive survey of the Minoan eruption that ravaged the Aegean island of Santorini around 1600 BCE.

Gradual elimination of the professional fee

The New Democracy program foresees a gradual reduction of the fee to practice a profession (known in Greek as “telos epitidevmatos”), starting from 2025, until it is eliminated in 2027.

Party leaders playing their final hand

With 10 days to go before the election campaigning is over, the main parties, ruling New Democracy and opposition SYRIZA, are entering the final stretch targeting specific groups of the electorate and areas in the country.

Police safely evacuate group of migrants stranded on Evros River islet

A group of 17 undocumented migrants located on an islet in the Evros River, near the Pythio area of Didymoticho, was safely evacuated by police border protection officers, with the assistance of a specialized rescue team and in the presence of Frontex officers.

Father faces charges after tragic death of baby left in car

A 37-year-old man from the northwestern town of Arta appeared before an investigative magistrate on Wednesday following the tragic death of his 5.5-month-old baby, who was left locked inside a car for a minimum of 5 hours.

ENFIA has dropped €908 mln in five years

The Single Property Tax (ENFIA) dues for this year are reduced by 34.3% compared to the ENFIA paid by individual taxpayers in 2018.