KIS reports increase in vandalism against Jewish sites in Greece
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) reported a rise in incidents of vandalism against Jewish sites across the country and called on state authorities to intervene.
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) reported a rise in incidents of vandalism against Jewish sites across the country and called on state authorities to intervene.
A woman found dead near her deceased six-month-old daughter in a Rome park nearly two weeks ago has been identified as a 30-year-old Russian national named Anastasia, according to a woman who phoned into a crime investigation program on Italian state broadcaster RAI, claiming to be the victims’ mother and grandmother.
The European Commission has approved Greece’s fourth LIFE strategic program, focused on marine environmental protection.
There is a strong trend among Greeks toward cheaper options for this year’s summer holidays.
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has announced that it has submitted evidence to the Hellenic Parliament concerning the alleged involvement of two former ministers of agriculture in the misappropriation of European Union funds via OPEKEPE.
As business activity flatlined during Greece’s decade-long economic crisis, tourism came like a jolt from a defibrillator, with the ensuing pandemic in 2020-2021 giving it time to grow bigger and stronger.
A court in Athens on Thursday found ex-Golden Dawn MP Konstantinos Barbarousis guilty of “actions preparatory to treason,” but ruled that he should not be sentenced to prison because he later retracted.
Police in Crete discovered a hoard of weapons – including sticks of dynamite, high-powered air rifles, 107 axes, 166 combat knives and 24 machetes – in the home of a man who had made threats against law enforcement authorities on social media.
Earlier this week Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis essentially launched his pre-election campaign, unveiling a roadmap to the 2027 elections. We’re also seeing speculation about a possible Alexis Tsipras comeback to the political stage, while the far-right is back in the news. Lamprini Rori joins Thanos Davelis as we take a closer look at these developments.
The bailout period may have ended seven years ago, but the competitiveness deficit of the Greek economy remains large. The gap that separates Greece from other countries, and indeed the wider Balkan and Mediterranean region, is actually deepening.