Category Archives: Latest Greek news

UN official says world body committed to Cyprus peace deal

The United Nations remains committed to helping rival Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots reach an agreement to bridge the island nation’s ethnic rift, a senior UN official said Wednesday.

New payment plan for debts

The online platform for the new regulation for repaying debts in 36-72 installments is expected to open immediately after Easter, for thousands to be able to rearrange the debts they incurred between November 2021 and February 1, 2023.

New York Times-Kathimerini partnership turns 25

Aristides Alafouzos, the late owner of Kathimerini, loved challenges. In 1988, a critical period for the Greek press, he bought Kathimerini, ensuring that the prestige and integrity of this historic newspaper would be preserved.

Book your Greek holiday early to avoid disappointment

The first indications on the course of this year’s tourism season in Greece from the international tourism exhibition ITB Berlin 2023 are particularly encouraging.

Defense against violence

Anger, justified as it may be, can be no excuse for physical abuse or terrorism. This is a self-evident conclusion that all political parties must agree on, without asterisks.

A housing ‘armageddon’

All properties available for sale or rent must incur compulsory energy upgrade costs, costing tens of thousands of euros, from 2030 onward, based on what is stated in the relevant European Union directive.

Fustanellas and veladas

Modern Greece’s first populist prime minister, Ioannis Kolettis, wrote that “[Alexandros] Mavrokordatos perceived Greece as Europe and the proof of this is the constitution of his government…”

Former transport ministers summoned House meeting

In the wake of the deadly train collision in northern Greece on February 28, three former ministers of infrastructure and transport (Michalis Chrysochoidis, Christos Spirtzis, Kostas Karamanlis) along with incumbent Giorgos Gerapetritis will attend Parliament’s Committee on Institutions and Transparency on Monday, which will convene following an initiative of ruling New Democracy’s parliamentary group.

EU funds and the OSE barrel

The European Union has its own issues. It is still however a popular resort for those seeking some form of respite in the wake of the deadly train collision at Tempe. After all, who else would have spent 800 million euros on the Greek railways? We can safely assume no one. 

Groups says bill overlooks unaccompanied minors

Most unaccompanied refugee children are left outside the asylum system, according to 15 organizations that make up the Child Rights Advocacy Network, which issued a statement saying a draft bill on migration “creates more difficulties than it solves.”