The government aspires to put Kamena Vourla and its hot springs back on the tourism map as the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) has called an international tender for the rental of a 457,000 sq.m. property including the Galini hotel in the coastal town in Central Greece.
As the trial of prominent director and actor Dimitris Lignadis who is accused of raping four minors entered its final stretch on Wednesday, the prosecutor recommended a guilty verdict for three of the charges and his acquittal over the fourth.
As NATO’s Madrid summit opened in Madrid on Wednesday, the meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Joe Biden was considered crucial.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias had a “brief social encounter” with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu ahead of the opening session of Wednesday’s NATO summit in Madrid. according to a tweet by the Foreign Ministry.
Greece’s health authorities reported 20,084 new infections on Tuesday, as the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 continued to drive the sixth wave of the Covid pandemic in the country.
Greece’s Development Ministry ordered on Wednesday an administrative inquiry to clarify why it was never informed in advance by the competent officials about Turkey’s successful effort to register the term “Turkaegean” with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis congratulated an Iranian student who excelled in Greece’s nationwide university entry exams this summer in a call on Wednesday.
A woman from Patra accused of intentionally killing her 9-year-old daughter while in hospital in January has been called to testify as a suspect in the investigation over the deaths of her two other children, who also passed away under suspicious circumstances.
The first of a total of 250 European forest firefighters arrived on Monday to assist the work of the Greek authorities during the current firefighting season.
Last week Bulgaria’s government collapsed after a no-confidence vote in parliament. The move comes at a delicate time – especially considering Bulgaria’s position vis-a-vis Ukraine and Russia, and its role in holding up the EU integration of North Macedonia and Albania.