Piraeus Bank on Wednesday reported lower net earnings in April-to-June compared to the first quarter on comparatively lower trading income, but raised its guidance for the full year as new loan disbursements topped targets.
The results of the 2021 census confirmed the demographic decline of Greece. The current population status is a far cry from the exemplary census of 1961 – when the Greek statistical service was reorganized with foreign assistance. The Social Research Center, the Economic Research Center and the Statistical Service collaborated then with French and American…
A 67-year-old woman was found dead in her house on the Makrisias-Kalyvakia road in Ilia, southern Greece after being attacked by a swarm of wasps.
Abdulhamid I had a soft spot for calligraphy and a keen interest in history. His temper was remarkably mild, in a way that was incompatible with the environment. He emerged sober, holding no hard feelings, from the prolonged confinement imposed on him by his cousins and his beloved brother (in what was a customary habit…
Every Greek is happy that tourism will do so well this year and that foreigners – mainly – are constantly buying land and houses on the islands.
Three people have been arrested by authorities at the port of Rafina and on the island of Syros, after they were spotted grabbing items from luggage aboard ships.
A tough winter lies ahead, but the country is not without its defenses. The strong performance of the tourism industry leaves some room for measures designed to protect the more vulnerable members of society.
Under fluttering strings of Greek and Byzantine flags, three men raised a party tent on the terrace of the 5th century Osios David church one recent Saturday, hoping it would shelter festivalgoers from the heat that already shrouded the view of Mount Olympus across the gulf.
Confirmed cases of the West Nile virus has risen to 25 in Greece, according to this week’s report by the National Health Organization (EODY).
Two new wildfires broke out near the towns of Gytheio and Pyrgos, in the southern and western Peloponnese, respectively, on Wednesday afternoon, while a separate ongoing braze in west Attica has split in two fronts, the Fire Service said.