Reform of country’s beaches: A case of all talk, no action
The country’s top audit body has revealed sweeping failures in enforcing beach regulations, highlighting a disconnect between political messaging and enforcement reality.
The country’s top audit body has revealed sweeping failures in enforcing beach regulations, highlighting a disconnect between political messaging and enforcement reality.
Arrivals in tourist accommodation establishments amounted to 3,855,399 and nights spent amounted to 15,344,134 in May 2025, recording increases of 1.94% in arrivals and 1.87% in nights spent when compared to the same month of 2024, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).
A temporary reduction in value-added tax would have a limited impact on inflation, whereas if the measure were accompanied by structural reforms, the decline in inflation would be significant and sustainable, according to a study conducted by the Bank of Greece and published in the latest issue of its Economic Bulletin released on Thursday.
Libya continues asserting maritime rights in the Eastern Mediterranean against Greece through UN submissions, despite Athens’ attempts to improve bilateral relations.
Police announced on Thursday that a well-known rapper and a 24-year-old Albanian national were arrested in Athens’ Exarchia district early Tuesday morning during a police drug operation.
A parliamentary vote set for Tuesday will decide whether former transport minister Kostas A. Karamanlis will be referred to the Judicial Council over alleged misconduct tied to the 2023 Tempe train disaster.
Adam Aleksic has been thinking about seggs. Not sex, but seggs — a substitute term that took off a few years ago among those trying to dodge content-moderation restrictions on TikTok.
The European Union is getting ready to slap tariffs on more than $100 billion worth of American goods,.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hosted European Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jorgensen at his office on Thursday.
The bill on the Property Taxation Code passed in Parliament with the votes of ruling New Democracy on Wednesday, while all opposition parties rejected it.