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Court convicts three over 2022 mafia-linked killing

Court convicts three over 2022 mafia-linked killing

A Greek court on Wednesday found three of nine defendants guilty over the 2022 m...

Fresh tensions over Greece-Cyprus power link

Fresh tensions over Greece-Cyprus power link

Tuesday’s teleconference on the Crete-Cyprus electricity interconnection project...

Escape clause on defense expenditure secured

Escape clause on defense expenditure secured

The EU’s economy and finance ministers approved on Tuesday the so-called escape ...

Turkey warns Greece against moves in Aegean, East Med

Turkey warns Greece against moves in Aegean, East Med

Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler said on Wednesday that Ankara would not tol...

Greece to suspend asylum applications for migrants arriving from north Africa

Greece to suspend asylum applications for migrants arri...

Greece will temporarily suspend the processing of asylum applications for migran...

Greek-French military exercise in Aegean as regional instability grows

Greek-French military exercise in Aegean as regional in...

Greece and France are holding a major joint military exercise in the Pagasetic G...

EU report: Rule of law improving, gaps remain 

EU report: Rule of law improving, gaps remain 

The European Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law Report on Greece highlights moderate ...

Rubik’s Cube owner loses trademark battle with Greek rival

Rubik’s Cube owner loses trademark battle with Greek rival

Rubik's Cube owner Spin Master Toys UK on Wednesday lost its battle against a Gr...

Four arrested for photographing Rafale jets, facilities at Tanagra Air Base

Four arrested for photographing Rafale jets, facilities...

Four individuals have been arrested after being caught taking photos of Rafale f...

Aegean resumes services to Beirut, Erbil, Amman

Aegean resumes services to Beirut, Erbil, Amman

Starting July 10th, Greek-owned Aegean Airlines will reinstate part of its fligh...

Greek ship attacked in Red Sea sinks: 4 dead, 7 rescued, 14 missing

Greek ship attacked in Red Sea sinks: 4 dead, 7 rescued...

Rescuers pulled seven crew members alive from the Red Sea on Wednesday and were ...

Overtime surge irks hoteliers

Overtime surge irks hoteliers

Tourism has emerged for the first time as the economic sector with the highest n...

PM Mitsotakis clashes with PASOK leader Androulakis over OPEKEPE scandal

PM Mitsotakis clashes with PASOK leader Androulakis ove...

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis clashed with main opposition PASOK leader Nik...

Greek seafarers’ federation calls for Red Sea to be declared ‘war zone’ after latest attacks

Greek seafarers’ federation calls for Red Sea to be dec...

The Panhellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO) has called for the Red Sea to be offic...

‘What do you need to oil the salad?’

‘What do you need to oil the salad?’

Who is Giorgos Xylouris, the livestock farmer and co-op president known as ‘Frap...

EODY detects first West Nile virus cases of 2025 in Greece

EODY detects first West Nile virus cases of 2025 in Greece

The National Public Health Organization (EODY) has announced the detection of th...

Turkey launching ‘Island Cyprus’ tourism campaign for occupied north

Turkey launching ‘Island Cyprus’ tourism campaign for o...

Turkey is preparing to launch an international tourism campaign promoting the Tu...

No amount of retouching can hide the ugly truth 

No amount of retouching can hide the ugly truth 

Some people seem determined to drive us mad. They’re now trying to prove that Al...

Guilfoyle pledges to focus on defense and energy as US ambassador to Greece

Guilfoyle pledges to focus on defense and energy as US ...

Kimberly Guilfoyle, President Trump’s nominee for US ambassador to Greece, told ...

Greek court rejects extradition request for US national accused of running child exploitation site

Greek court rejects extradition request for US national...

A court in Greece has rejected an US extradition request for a 21-year-old Ameri...

Large wildfire rages in east Attica, village evacuated

Large wildfire rages in east Attica, village evacuated

A large wildfire that broke out at noon in Oropos, east Attica, continues to rag...

Five customs added to intangible heritage list

Five customs added to intangible heritage list

The Culture Ministry has added five new elements to the National Inventory of In...

Seizing the opportunity

Seizing the opportunity

For years, the Ministry of Education and educators have acknowledged that Greek ...

Turkey’s Eurofighter jets prospects gain ground

Turkey’s Eurofighter jets prospects gain ground

Turkey’s long-standing interest in acquiring Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets ap...

ATHEX: Stocks defy turmoil and keep rising

ATHEX: Stocks defy turmoil and keep rising

Athinon Avenue is sprinting toward the 2,000-point mark for its main index.

Cartoon (09/07/2025)

Cartoon (09/07/2025)

Energy firms join building upgrade push

Energy firms join building upgrade push

The government plans to deploy electricity providers to expand home energy upgra...

Trade deficit shrinks on oil prices

Trade deficit shrinks on oil prices

The lower prices of fuel products in the first five months of 2025, compared to ...

Patients to rate hospitals

Patients to rate hospitals

The government is launching a new digital platform to assess the patient experie...

Registry of benefits is ‘vital for social policy’

Registry of benefits is ‘vital for social policy’

Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis has stressed that the new register of we...

Minister briefed on space mission pilot program

Minister briefed on space mission pilot program

Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos was briefed on Tuesday on the National ...

French-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce event marks 140th anniversary

French-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce event marks 140th a...

The French-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce is organizing a formal dinner on Thursda...

New Airbus for Sky Express

New Airbus for Sky Express

Greek airline Sky Express is enhancing its fleet with the addition of a new Airb...

PM unveils tough new migration measures

PM unveils tough new migration measures

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced two harsh new migration measures fr...

Greece short of IT experts

Greece short of IT experts

As digital transformation and investments have been in the spotlight in recent y...

East Attica fire shows improvement after overnight battle

East Attica fire shows improvement after overnight battle

The major wildfire that erupted Wednesday in Asprochori, Oropos, in East Attica,...

Wildfire blazing in Thasos as terrain hampers firefighting efforts

Wildfire blazing in Thasos as terrain hampers firefight...

A large wildfire that broke out late Wednesday night in the forested area of Gly...

Trump’s pick for US ambassador completes senate hearing smoothly

Trump’s pick for US ambassador completes senate hearing...

Kimberly Guilfoyle, US President Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to Greece, t...

Questions emerge over past of self-confessed child killer

Questions emerge over past of self-confessed child killer

Eirini Mourtzoukou slouches in a pink armchair. Her tattoo-covered arms grip the...

Greek security officer rescued 48 hours after Red Sea attack

Greek security officer rescued 48 hours after Red Sea a...

A Greek armed security officer who was on board the Greek-owned Eternity C when ...

Woman confesses to killing three infants, sources say

Woman confesses to killing three infants, sources say

A 25-year-old woman has confessed to the murders of three infants, Kathimerini r...

Turkey’s youngest oil wrestlers keep a 14th-century tradition alive

Turkey’s youngest oil wrestlers keep a 14th-century tra...

On a grass field slick with olive oil and steeped in tradition, hundreds of boys...

Maritime security firms launch mission to save crew of Greek vessel hit by Houthis, sources say

Maritime security firms launch mission to save crew of ...

Maritime security firms launched a mission on Wednesday to evacuate the crew of ...

ND mulling its own investigation proposal for OPEKEPE scandal

ND mulling its own investigation proposal for OPEKEPE s...

Ruling New Democracy is considering submitting its own proposal regarding the OP...

Greece rescues over 500 migrants off southern island of Gavdos

Greece rescues over 500 migrants off southern island of...

Greece rescued more than 500 migrants from a fishing vessel south of the country...

A church bombing leads Syria’s Christians to consider leaving as foreign fighters remain

A church bombing leads Syria’s Christians to consider l...

The day after last month’s deadly suicide attack on a church outside Syria’s cap...

Turkey blocks X’s Grok content for alleged insults to Erdogan, religious values

Turkey blocks X’s Grok content for alleged insults to E...

A Turkish court on Wednesday blocked access to some content from Grok, developed...

Greek PM to brief Parliament on migration surge from Libya

Greek PM to brief Parliament on migration surge from Libya

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to brief Parliament on Wednesday ...

Police raid Greek farm subsidy agency in EU funds probe

Police raid Greek farm subsidy agency in EU funds probe

Financial crimes investigators from the Hellenic Police (ELAS) raided the office...

Breaking down the runup to the big OPEKEPE showdown

Breaking down the runup to the big OPEKEPE showdown

A massive 3,000-page case file and dozens of wiretap transcripts are at the cent...

Millions lost annually as beaches fail to provide wheelchair access

Millions lost annually as beaches fail to provide wheel...

Greece loses an estimated €57 million annually due to limited beach access for p...

Merkel’s reflections on the Greek debt crisis

Merkel’s reflections on the Greek debt crisis

Iliana Magra, a journalist with Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis as we dig into...

Erdogan vows to protect PKK disarmament process, says ‘bloody shackles’ being cast off

Erdogan vows to protect PKK disarmament process, says ‘...

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey would not allow any attem...

Feta company going global

Feta company going global

The successful penetration of Greek yogurt in the international market, besides ...

Turkish man injures himself after court green-lights deportation

Turkish man injures himself after court green-lights de...

A Turkish national injured himself in the neck on Tuesday after his request not ...

Buyers from abroad eye winter homes

Buyers from abroad eye winter homes

Greece is becoming a destination for acquiring holiday homes even in less promin...

Two Athens archaeological sites slated for facelift

Two Athens archaeological sites slated for facelift

The Culture Ministry is undertaking a major redesign and restoration of the Anci...

Woman who mistakenly received wrong blood transfusion dies

Woman who mistakenly received wrong blood transfusion dies

A 62-year-old woman who was mistakenly given a blood transfusion intended for an...

Death toll from Red Sea attack on Greek-owned vessel rises to three

Death toll from Red Sea attack on Greek-owned vessel ri...

The number of fatalities from Monday evening’s drone and speedboat attack on the...

Turkey’s TPAO buys two drillship from Norway 

Turkey’s TPAO buys two drillship from Norway 

Turkey’s state oil company TPAO has purchased two more drilling ships rom Norawa...

Authorities shut Acropolis due to high temperatures

Authorities shut Acropolis due to high temperatures

Authorities closed the Acropolis for several hours Tuesday due to high temperatu...

The cost of a disastrous routine

The cost of a disastrous routine

The illegal farm subsidy story is yet another revelation of the chronic dysfunct...

Man fined €50,000 for killing kitten in Thessaloniki

Man fined €50,000 for killing kitten in Thessaloniki

A 34-year-old man has been fined €50,000 by authorities in Thessaloniki after fo...

Thessaloniki prosecutor orders probe into radioactive waste dumping

Thessaloniki prosecutor orders probe into radioactive w...

The Thessaloniki Prosecutor’s Office has ordered an urgent preliminary investiga...

How Germans see Greece: Sun, sea and a selective memory

How Germans see Greece: Sun, sea and a selective memory

There exists a striking asymmetry in the study of public opinion concerning Germ...

Cretan authorities overwhelmed as 2,000 migrants arrive in two days

Cretan authorities overwhelmed as 2,000 migrants arrive...

Cretan authorities are struggling to accommodate the rapidly increasing number o...

Heatwaves expose class faultlines

Heatwaves expose class faultlines

As heatwaves grow more frequent and intense, their unequal impact on city dwelle...

OPEKEPE imposed a salary suspension on the key witness who exposed the scam

OPEKEPE imposed a salary suspension on the key witness ...

A 20-day salary suspension has been imposed by the management of Greece’s farm s...

Euronext’s initial offer for Hellenic Exchanges considered low

Euronext’s initial offer for Hellenic Exchanges conside...

Most participants in the Greek capital market, the business world and the govern...

Eastern Libya declares EU delegation, including Greek minister, ‘persona non grata’ over Tripoli visit

Eastern Libya declares EU delegation, including Greek m...

The eastern Libyan government, headed by de facto ruler Field Marshal Khalifa Ha...

Wild Crete: The uncharted world of Sfakia

Wild Crete: The uncharted world of Sfakia

Discover remote Sfakia in Crete with ancient trails, wild nature, White Mountain...

Kurdish PKK militants to begin handing over arms in Iraq on Friday, Turkish media reports

Kurdish PKK militants to begin handing over arms in Ira...

Militant fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) will begin handing over w...

Storms and fires hit Balkan countries following extreme summer heat

Storms and fires hit Balkan countries following extreme...

A severe hail storm ripped up trees and roofs in Croatia on Tuesday, while an em...

A ‘profile’ for each realty asset

A ‘profile’ for each realty asset

The first major step towards limiting tax evasion on income from real estate and...

Athens to close Lycabettus Hill on Wednesday due to heatwave

Athens to close Lycabettus Hill on Wednesday due to hea...

The Municipality of Athens has announced that due to the extremely high temperat...

Where do we go from here with Libya?

Where do we go from here with Libya?

The maritime delimitation agreement signed between Turkey and Libya in November ...

One in six riders caught without helmet in first week of police crackdown

One in six riders caught without helmet in first week o...

Traffic police recorded widespread violations during the first week of intensifi...

ATHEX: Index reaches yet another 15-year peak

ATHEX: Index reaches yet another 15-year peak

Banks led another stock rally at Athinon Avenue on Tuesday, with the benchmark h...

Students and ‘students’

Students and ‘students’

So-called “eternal” university students – those who are still enrolled years aft...

Houthi rebels release video of attack on Greek ship Magic Seas

Houthi rebels release video of attack on Greek ship Mag...

Houthi rebels in Yemen have released a video showing their attack on the Greek-o...

Angela Merkel unplugged

Angela Merkel unplugged

The human face of Angela Merkel was revealed to the Greek public during her brie...

The 12-day war and the dead horse theory

The 12-day war and the dead horse theory

The 12-day war between Israel and Iran was a typical Middle Eastern conflict, ch...

Art treasures from the Bank of Greece

Art treasures from the Bank of Greece

The Municipal Gallery of Hania, Crete, is showcasing 99 works from the Bank of G...

OLP shareholders approve dividend

OLP shareholders approve dividend

The annual general meeting of shareholders of Piraeus Port Authority was held on...

Infants murder suspect ‘possessed by demons’

Infants murder suspect ‘possessed by demons’

A 25-year-old woman, identified as Eirini Mourtzoukou, appeared before a prosecu...

ECOFIN approves Bulgaria’s entry into the Eurozone

ECOFIN approves Bulgaria’s entry into the Eurozone

Bulgaria will in six months’ time become the 21st member-state of the eurozone, ...

Israel’s deadly assault on Iran prison incites fury, even among dissidents

Israel’s deadly assault on Iran prison incites fury, ev...

Ceilings, walls and wooden cabinets collapsed into heaps of jagged debris in the...

Greece in favor of digital euro, says finance minister

Greece in favor of digital euro, says finance minister

The digital euro issue was at the core of the discussion at the ECOFIN meeting i...

US Coast Guard renews Greece’s quality flag status

US Coast Guard renews Greece’s quality flag status

The US Coast Guard has renewed Greece’s participation in the Qualship 21 initiat...

Bond issue being put off until September

Bond issue being put off until September

The Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) does not intend to issue another bond u...

Benghazi expels EU migration envoys

Benghazi expels EU migration envoys

Eastern Libya’s government expelled four European Union officials from Benghazi ...

Teens arrested for vicious knife attack in southern Athens

Teens arrested for vicious knife attack in southern Athens

Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, in conn...

US Senate committee reviews Guilfoyle for Athens embassy

US Senate committee reviews Guilfoyle for Athens embassy

Kimberly Guilfoyle, nominated by President Donald Trump as the next US ambassado...

Postgraduate boom raises questions on standards

Postgraduate boom raises questions on standards

The number of postgraduate students in Greece has tripled in 15 years, reaching ...

Searching for boundaries in the AI jungle

Searching for boundaries in the AI jungle

Stamatis Gatirdakis, co-founder and president of the Ethikon Institute, still re...

Greece plans strategic submarines to counter Turkish naval expansion

Greece plans strategic submarines to counter Turkish na...

Greece is set to enhance its naval capabilities with new submarines capable of l...

Online seminar to guide Greeks abroad on taxation, business, and relocation procedures

Online seminar to guide Greeks abroad on taxation, busi...

An online information seminar aimed at Greeks living abroad will take place on W...

Stournaras: Greece is bridging its investment gap

Stournaras: Greece is bridging its investment gap

Greece is gradually closing the investment gap that has long set it apart from t...

Haircut for Swiss franc loans

Haircut for Swiss franc loans

A special program for all loans in Swiss francs that their borrowers want to con...

Young people, politics and Europe

Young people, politics and Europe

The future of the European Union and its member-states depends on their young ci...

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