Tax authorities ready to pounce
The final deadline for filing tax returns, twice extended, expires Tuesday, and tax authorities are ready to begin the most extended checks ever on the veracity of taxpayers’ statements.
Opposition party summons new intelligence chief over wiretaps
Main opposition party SYRIZA has requested a meeting with the new head of Greece’s National Intelligence Service (EYP) on Tuesday afternoon to question him about a recent media report.
Film restoration lab to safeguard Greece’s cinematic treasures
The Culture Ministry is investing in the protection and promotion of Greek film heritage with a project for a Digital Film Restoration Laboratory at the Greek Film Archive.
Cyprus lodges complaint with UN over buffer zone breach report
The Foreign Ministry of Cyprus submitted a complaint to the United Nations on Tuesday, asking it to investigate reports that a Greek-Cypriot farmer had been harassed by armed Turkish soldiers.
Curbs on energy consumption ‘not in the picture,’ says gov’t spokesman
The government is not planning to introduce measures for containing electricity consumption by household and businesses, according to spokesman Giannis Oikonomou.
MPs give green light for committee to probe wiretaps
Greek lawmakers voted Monday for a parliamentary investigation into the tapping by the country’s secret service of an opposition party leader’s phone.
US climate envoy Kerry makes Athens stopover
US climate envoy John Kerry speaks to the cameras in front of the Temple of Poseidon at Sounio outside Athens, as US Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis (r) looks on.
Thirty migrants rescued off coast of Crete
A boat carrying 30 migrants – among them nine children – ran into trouble off the western coast of Crete in the early hours of Tuesday, prompting a rescue operation.
New book takes crack at Antikythera Mechanism
It was the morning of May 18, 1902, when Kythera MP Spyridon Stais visited the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, going straight to the hall containing the finds from an ancient wreck off Antikythera.
US Open: Qualifier Galan produces epic first-round upset over Tsitsipas
Colombian qualifier Daniel Galan stunned fourth-seeded Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-0 6-1 3-6 7-5 in an epic first-round showdown at the US Open on Monday, winning the affair on the ninth match point.