The Migration and Asylum Ministry and the EU are co-financing the recruitment of 150 new border guards with funds from the Integrated Border Management Fund – Border Management and Visa Instrument (2021-27).
The special ‘Easter Basket’ that offers lower-price traditional Easter foods came into force on Wednesday, which also marked the 23rd week of the ‘Household Basket’ measure in Greece.
Bus and trolleybus workers will stage a new work stoppage for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, demanding safe and quality public transport.
The Greek and Turkish Defense ministers, Nikos Panagiotopoulos and Hulusi Akar, conveyed a message on Tuesday on the need to keep communication channels between Athens and Turkey open, and, in the long term, to create conditions for cooperation.
With elections looming, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis wants to focus on younger voters, with an eye on the 420,000 who have been added to the electorate since 2019.
Ilias Kasidiaris, the jailed former MP and spokesperson for the Greek National Party (Ellines), is reportedly mulling to install former prosecutor Anastasios (Tasos) Kanellopoulos as formal leader of his far-right party in an attempt to evade a potential election ban.
A German company linked to France’s state-owned producer of military vehicles Nexter Systems has expressed an interest in the acquisition of the majority of the shares of the new Hellenic Vehicle Industry (ELVO), known as Hellenic Vehicle Industry.
Deputy Environment Minister Giorgos Amyras has instructed relevant local authorities to adopt urgent protection measures to tackle spring poaching against the turtle dove in the Ionian Islands.
A pharmacy located in the Sykies district of Thessaloniki, in northern Greece, was burglarized in the early hours of Wednesday. According to police, the culprit broke through brick and concrete walls by digging a tunnel to gain access to the pharmacy and stole an unknown amount of cash.
A plan for the promotion of cycling in Greece and to increase the activity by 2030 was unveiled in the Public Policy Guide for Cycling posted on the website of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport on Tuesday.