Greece was distinguished as the top destination for Europe in 2021 (Europe’s Leading Destination 2021) at the international travel institution World Travel Awards.
Following the awards: Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias…
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will meet with British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Elizabeth Truss, in London on Monday.
The aforementioned talks will focus on further…
The two-day official visit of Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on Monday and Tuesday, to Saudi Arabia is expected to be of great economic and geopolitical importance.
According to government sources,…
The familiar odds-evens system that allows vehicles to enter an area of central Athens known as the “Daktylios” only on alternate days is to return from Monday, October 25. This…
A draft law on the total modernisation of the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) announced Labour and Social Affairs Minister Kostis Hatzidakis in an interview with Athens-Macedonian News Agency on…
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will be in London on Monday to co-sign with his British counterpart Liz Truss a bilateral cooperation agreement which will cover a wide range of sectors…
Greece confirmed 3,407 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 10 of these identified at entry points to the country, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on…
Italian Group Fincantieri officially expressed interest in launching a procedure to participate in a restructuring effort of Elefsis Shipyards in cooperation with ONEX.
The expression of interest was made during…
Young people must not accept a “deeply unfair and vengeful system” promoted by a conservative government that does not care for them, SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance Alexis Tsipras told the young party’s…
Greece is on course for a strong, dynamic recovery and is meeting all the multiple challenges it faces – in health, climate, the economy, energy and geopolitically – with “a…
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is going to Brussels on Thursday to participate in the European People’s Party (EPP) meeting and the proceedings of the European Council.
The issues of migration,…
It is the responsibility of the state and of banks to work to widen the base of possible borrowers, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said on Wednesday.
Speaking in Parliament during…
George Papandreou announced his candidacy for the leadership of Movement for Change (KINAL) with a brief statement on Wednesday evening.
The former prime minister had announced his intention while on…
A small sailboat carrying eight Turkish nationals, including self-declared military officers, was towed to a small harbor in southern Crete on Sunday afternoon after sustaining damages in rough waters.
The…
The worst single-day record for confirmed single-day Covid-19 instances was reported in Greece on Tuesday, with 4,608 instances announced, as derived from nearly 123,000 tests conducted over the previous 24…
The Greek government, as mostly expected, announced stricter measures on Tuesday for individuals that are not vaccinated for the Covid-19 virus, with the latter to take effect on Sept. 13…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced his government’s primary axes for restoring wildfire-ravaged regions in southern Greece as well as immediate relief for stricken residents, speaking in yet another nationally…
The chief prosecutor of Greece’s supreme court on Friday requested the opening of a thorough investigation into a series of recent and very destructive wildfires in the country, including scrutiny…
Greek authorities late Friday cited three arrests so far on arson charges, in Fokida prefecture, in Attica prefecture and near the southern city of Kalamata.
The arrests come as dozens…
Confirmed single-day Covid-19 infections reached 2,925 on Friday, with six instances detected at entry points to the country.
The total number of confirmed cases in Greece since the pandemic began…
Constantinos Michalos, the president of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), died of a heart attack on Friday, shortly after being transported to a northern Athens hospital from…
Civil protection authorities in Greece on Friday afternoon said 56 wildfires were progress around the country, during an emergency press briefing.
The worst of the wildfires were in northern Attica…
Τhe Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) on Friday was given the “green light” by the Serbian Capital Market Commission to acquire a 10.24-percent stake in the Belgrade Stock Exchange (BELEX).
Under the…
Greece faces an extremely critical situation, similar to other countries in the Mediterranean, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday evening, during a nationally televised address in the wake…
Greek officials referred to an unprecedented provocation by the Turkish military on Tuesday evening, charging that eight Turkish F-16s warplanes violated national airspace over the northern Aegean during rare night-time…
Residents of ancient Olympia and visitors to the area in southwestern Greece were evacuated on Wednesday afternoon, as a wildfire was raging some two kilometers from the eponymous site, along…
Public health officials in Greece confirmed 3,428 new Covid-19 infections over the last 24 hours, with 14 detected at entry points to the country.
Greece has confirmed 501,030 infections since…
A total of 81 wildfires broke out in Greece over the last 24 hours, with some 40 active fronts, Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias said in a nationally televised…
Archaeologists’ trowels have unearthed a significant find at the ancient Lyttos site on the large island of Crete, with excavations turning up a statue of Roman Emperor Hadrian.
Excavations at…
Greece faces a twin ordeal on Tuesday with a scorching heat reaching its peak in the east Mediterranean country, as a new record in electricity demand strained the country’s power…
