The head of Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue, Giorgos Pitsilis, met with Francis Russo, director of field operations at the New York Field Office of US Customs and Border Protection, to strengthen cooperation between the two customs authorities.
Hundreds of protesters rallied in central Athens on Tuesday and doctors and teachers joined public-sector workers who walked off the job in protest at low wages and a cost-of-living crisis ahead of a vote, Tuesday night, on the 2026 budget.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a new housing support package in Parliament on Tuesday, ahead of the evening vote on the 2026 budget. The measures aim to ease pressure on households facing rising housing costs.
The Greek government will present an out-of-court settlement soon for billions of euros in Swiss franc-denominated mortgages to try to end a long-running dispute over soaring repayment costs caused by currency fluctuations, two sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
Three former prime ministers and one deputy prime minister are looking for a place at center stage, presenting themselves as wise old men who wish not only to highlight the glory days when they were in power but also to be seen as a solution to present problems.
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis held talks in Athens on Tuesday with Albania’s Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Elisa Spiropali, focusing on European Union enlargement and regional cooperation.
Greece’s money laundering authority has frozen all assets of five petroleum trading companies.
Biology, flavor and local stories all come together in the forests of Eptalofos.
An Aegean Airlines aircraft landed at Baghdad International Airport on Tuesday, marking the first direct European flight to Iraq in 35 years, Iraq’s transport ministry said.
A 16-year-old girl in Athens is facing two felony charges and one misdemeanor after stabbing her 14-year-old classmate at a school in Kypseli.