Turkey will press European allies which plan to sharply ramp up their defense spending to ease restrictions that now require most of that money to be spent in the EU, Defense Minister Yasar Guler told Reuters on Wednesday ahead of a NATO meeting.
Former police officer Epaminondas Korkoneas was sentenced to life imprisonment without mitigation by a Mixed Jury Court of Appeal in Lamia on Wednesday, nearly 17 years after he fatally shot 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos in Athens.
Authorities responded to a bomb threat at the Viokliniki diagnostic center in the Ampelokipoi district of Athens on Tuesday, after an anonymous caller warned of an explosive device on the premises.
A total of 323 firefighters from six European countries will join Greek forces this summer as part of the EU’s Union Civil Protection Mechanism, in what is the largest single deployment in this year’s European firefighting support effort.
Defense Minister Nikos Dendias announced that Greece will sign contracts for the acquisition of a fourth FDI Belharra-class frigate within 2025, with negotiations nearing completion.
With its listing on the London Stock Exchange, Melten group will open a new chapter for the company, said its head.
Within the next two to three years, secretarial services and call centers will be replaced by computers, predicted AI expert Dimitris Nikolaou, CEO and co-founder of Wondercraft, at the recent Panathenea festival.
The European Commission and the European Central Bank gave Bulgaria the go-ahead on Wednesday to adopt the euro currency from the start of 2026, making Bulgaria the 21st country to join the single currency area.
The findings of an inaugural evaluation of public services by citizens, unveiled on Wednesday at an event held at the Prime Minister’s office, revealed high satisfaction with digital government platforms, especially gov.gr, but also pointed to persistent issues in municipal services, including poor road conditions, inadequate sidewalks, limited parking, and low-performing construction permit services.
A local survey in Halkidiki has shown that nearly two out of every five businesses in the sector are still looking for staff.