Category Archives: Latest Greek news

Unknown assailants torch car

Unknown arsonists set fire to a car sitting in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the Athens suburb of Papagou in the early hours of Friday.

Athens seeking Tirana deal for Hague referral

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will examine the possibility of signing an agreement that will refer the delimitation of the exclusive economic zones of Greece and Albania to the International Court of Justice in The Hague during a meeting in Athens with his counterpart Olta Xhacka.

EU sets recycling, reuse targets to cut packaging waste

The European Commission proposed on Wednesday new rules to reduce packaging waste through increased recycled content in plastic drinks bottles and targets for reuse of take-way cups and materials used for online deliveries.

Car of Italian diplomat targeted in Athens

Arsonists targeted a vehicle owned by an Italian diplomat in Athens, destroying the car and damaging another.

Tie the knot on your keyboard

Civil marriage licenses can now be ordered online from the local authorities of the municipalities where the couple live and issued in an individual’s digital inbox (my.gov.gr) at the government’s public services portal.

EU edges closer to $60-per-barrel Russian oil price cap

The European Union was edging closer to setting a $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil – a highly anticipated and complex political and economic maneuver designed to keep Russia’s supplies flowing into global markets while clamping down on President Vladimir Putin’s ability to fund his war in Ukraine.

Greece calls for adjusting gas rate cap

Greece and six other countries (Belgium, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Malta and Lithuania) have reiterated their idea for a flexible ceiling with a broader perspective in the joint proposals submitted to the Czech Presidency of the European Union.

Pupils get chance to name exoplanets

Twenty-six Greek primary schools have responded to the invitation extended around the world by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to name 20 selected exoplanets (i.e. planets outside our solar system) along with their host stars, which have been discovered relatively recently and are set to be observed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

Eurobank expands its holding in Hellenic

Eurobank is gaining control of Hellenic Bank after purchasing Wargaming’s 13.4% stake. With the addition of the 12.6% it held from the purchase of all shares in Third Point Hellenic Recovery Fund in the summer of 2021, it now controls 26%.

Physicists create ‘the smallest, crummiest wormhole you can imagine’

In an experiment that ticks most of the mystery boxes in modern physics, a group of researchers announced Wednesday that they had simulated a pair of black holes in a quantum computer and sent a message between them through a shortcut in space-time called a wormhole.