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4.1 magnitude quake strikes off Zakynthos

4.1 magnitude quake strikes off Zakynthos

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Zakynthos, also known as Zant...

Scorching heatwave grips Greece, no relief until Thursday

Scorching heatwave grips Greece, no relief until Thursday

Heatwave conditions are set to continue across most parts of Greece on Sunday, w...

Summer sales begin July 14, retailers anticipate turnover boost

Summer sales begin July 14, retailers anticipate turnov...

Greece’s summer sales season will kick off on July 14 and run through August 30,...

Discrepancies in Greece’s livestock data raise concerns

Discrepancies in Greece’s livestock data raise concerns

Greece reportedly has 15.9 million sheep and goats according to 2024 Integrated ...

Fugitives wanted for murder in Turkey arrested near Athens

Fugitives wanted for murder in Turkey arrested near Athens

Three individuals wanted by Turkish authorities in connection with a 2024 case o...

Foreign minister in Benghazi Sunday for high-level talks

Foreign minister in Benghazi Sunday for high-level talks

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis travels to Benghazi on Sunday for a key mee...

Anti-money laundering authority launches probe into agricultural fund scandal

Anti-money laundering authority launches probe into agr...

The country’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority has launched a wide-reaching inves...

Heatwave to test power grid stability, authorities on high alert

Heatwave to test power grid stability, authorities on h...

Energy authorities are on high alert as the country experiences another intense ...

Apartment fire in central Athens leaves one injured

Apartment fire in central Athens leaves one injured

A fire broke out early Sunday morning in a fourth-floor apartment in central Ath...

Millions of sheep, goats, but where’s the milk?

Millions of sheep, goats, but where’s the milk?

How many sheep and goats does Greece actually have? And if the country has as ma...

European Social Fund to boost inclusion initiatives

European Social Fund to boost inclusion initiatives

Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Domna Michailidou met on Friday with the ...

Coach goes the distance in Crete

Coach goes the distance in Crete

It’s a common belief that children living in the countryside have more opportuni...

Greek Gen-Zers around the world try to stay connected to their homeland

Greek Gen-Zers around the world try to stay connected t...

Across the world, second-generation Greek Gen-Zers are consuming language, music...

Cyprus hotel industry into desalination

Cyprus hotel industry into desalination

Eleven major hotel groups in Cyprus – across Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos – have...

Monthly payment of VAT

Monthly payment of VAT

Greece is taking another step to beating tax evasion.

Athens unvarnished

Athens unvarnished

Daily life in summer Athens is a subject that never grows old. It’s constantly s...

Every other employee wants another job

Every other employee wants another job

One in two workers are looking for a new job that will give them more opportunit...

Anna Ornstein, psychoanalyst who survived the Holocaust, dies at 98

Anna Ornstein, psychoanalyst who survived the Holocaust...

That Anna Ornstein, a Holocaust survivor, focused on trauma in a long career as ...

Erdogan confident Turkey will receive F-35 jets under deal with Trump

Erdogan confident Turkey will receive F-35 jets under d...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was confident that Turkey would be readmi...

Police identify Agia Paraskevi shooting victim as Polish national

Police identify Agia Paraskevi shooting victim as Polis...

The victim of Friday’s fatal shooting in the Agia Paraskevi suburb of Athens has...

Flow of Golden Visa applications reverts to normal

Flow of Golden Visa applications reverts to normal

The downward trend in the rate of new applications for residence permits through...

An unlivable city

An unlivable city

On a recent Monday there was an anti-war rally on Syntagma Square and a march to...

‘Stand Up Therapy’ – You are not alone

‘Stand Up Therapy’ – You are not alone

How would you respond to a live therapy session? Manos Hatzimalonas managed to c...

How Germans learned the significance of the word ‘ochi’ 10 years ago

How Germans learned the significance of the word ‘ochi’...

Looking back today at the events surrounding the Greek referendum in July 2015 f...

Luxury holiday home prices soar in the Cyclades

Luxury holiday home prices soar in the Cyclades

The asking prices for luxury holiday homes in the Cyclades have increased faster...

Omerta leads to vendettas

Omerta leads to vendettas

It is not the wiretapped conversations between a range of state officials and ot...

‘This attack was not only against Christians, but against all Syrians’

‘This attack was not only against Christians, but again...

Speaking after the deadly bombing of a Damascus church, Hind Kabawat, the only C...

Metlen board backs optional public offer

Metlen board backs optional public offer

The board of directors of Metlen Energy & Metals PLC has expressed its full supp...

Cartoon (05/07/2025)

Cartoon (05/07/2025)

Addicted to subsidies

Addicted to subsidies

The historian of the future will someday record Greece’s great missed opportunit...

TIF measures to include tax breaks

TIF measures to include tax breaks

Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis confirmed on Friday that the Finance Mi...

Islands to get more than €5.5 bln for energy upgrades, green transition

Islands to get more than €5.5 bln for energy upgrades, ...

Greek islands will get the majority of the funds set out for to Greece by the Eu...

Man gunned down in cold blood on street in Agia Paraskevi

Man gunned down in cold blood on street in Agia Paraskevi

A man has been gunned down in cold blood in the Agia Paraskevi suburb in norther...

Wildfire situation improves in eastern Attica amid reports of burned homes

Wildfire situation improves in eastern Attica amid repo...

Progress has been made in containing the wildfire that started Friday around noo...

Greeks and Germans: Memory and longing

Greeks and Germans: Memory and longing

Greeks and Germans have been in a complicated relationship for a very long time,...

Mitsotakis pledges €100 mln in projects to Mount Athos

Mitsotakis pledges €100 mln in projects to Mount Athos

The government plans to launch projects worth €100 million by 2030 on Mount Atho...

Police in Athens arrest five suspected Turkish mafia members

Police in Athens arrest five suspected Turkish mafia me...

Police in Athens launched a large-scale operation early Friday targeting suspect...

From ancient Athens to AI: The evolving anatomy of misinformation

From ancient Athens to AI: The evolving anatomy of misi...

We imagine misinformation as a uniquely modern disease – a digital hydra bred by...

Antenna Group expresses interested in buying major Italian dailies, says report

Antenna Group expresses interested in buying major Ital...

Italy’s Agnelli family received several expressions of interest for GEDI, the pu...

Wildfire breaks out in Messinia

Wildfire breaks out in Messinia

A wildfire has broken out in Neohori, Messinia, burning through rural and forest...

More details emerge on Voula bus collision

More details emerge on Voula bus collision

At least 54 people, including minors, are now reported to have been injured in F...

Stanley Kubrick Summer Nights | Athens | July 7-21 

Stanley Kubrick Summer Nights | Athens | July 7-21 

Open-air cinemas Cine Alexandra (27 Iroon Polytechniou, Halandri) and Cine Fleri...

From burning trash cans to hip bars

From burning trash cans to hip bars

Airbnbs and cafes have arrived in Exarchia, a neighborhood once hostile to such ...

Former Hilton hotel reopens its gates for ‘House of NYNN’ members

Former Hilton hotel reopens its gates for ‘House of NYN...

With the opening of its members’ club, The Ilisian, the new integrated destinati...

Greece expands space industry with defense, naval ties

Greece expands space industry with defense, naval ties

Greece’s space industry is expanding rapidly, with 60 companies now generating €...

Deputy PM Hatzidakis and Chinese Premier Li discuss bilateral ties

Deputy PM Hatzidakis and Chinese Premier Li discuss bil...

Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the...

Large wildfire breaks out in southern Evia, settlement evacuated

Large wildfire breaks out in southern Evia, settlement ...

A large wildfire broke out on Friday afternoon in the Mesochoria area near Karys...

Customs corruption ring at border crossing with Albania dismantled

Customs corruption ring at border crossing with Albania...

Thirteen customs officials – including the supervisor – stationed at the Mavroma...

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on private visit to Rhodes

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on private visit to Rhodes

Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived on Rhodes on Friday afternoon for a private visit.

Coast guard officer implicated in protection racket

Coast guard officer implicated in protection racket

A coast guard officer is among the defendants in a major case led by the police’...

EU task force on energy price disparities to convene Monday, says Papastavrou

EU task force on energy price disparities to convene Mo...

Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou has said that the EU task force on energy pr...

Outdated stereotypes

Outdated stereotypes

While a packed theater in Athens was applauding the former German chancellor, An...

New leadership appointed to Greece’s Supreme Court

New leadership appointed to Greece’s Supreme Court

The Supreme Court (Areios Pagos) has appointed new leadership, following a cabin...

Cartoon (04/07/2025)

Cartoon (04/07/2025)

ATHEX: The only way is up for stock market

ATHEX: The only way is up for stock market

Greek stocks rebounded in the letter half of Friday’s bourse session and took th...

PM pledges €100 million in EU funding to Mt Athos

PM pledges €100 million in EU funding to Mt Athos

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis began a two-day visit to Mount Athos in north...

Tourism bolsters car rentals too

Tourism bolsters car rentals too

The car rental market in Greece is picking up speed, driven by the strong course...

Greek ministers hold talks with US and Canadian diplomats for ‘Rebrain Greece’ initiative

Greek ministers hold talks with US and Canadian diploma...

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis and Minister of Labor and Social Security N...

Athens and Nicosia sign foresight deal

Athens and Nicosia sign foresight deal

Greece and Cyprus signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on Long-Term Planning (Fore...

Cyprus house price index rises 2%

Cyprus house price index rises 2%

The House Prices Index (HPI) in Cyprus amounted to 113.71 units for the first qu...

Temperatures to reach 39°C Saturday

Temperatures to reach 39°C Saturday

Temperatures are expected to reach as high as 39 degree Celsius in parts of nort...

Firefighting efforts continue overnight on Evia

Firefighting efforts continue overnight on Evia

Firefighting operations are ongoing in the Mesochoria area of the Municipality o...

Smaller but better wine output

Smaller but better wine output

Greek wine production is currently about 67% lower than it was 20 years ago.

Lower incomes hardest hit by inflation in 2022

Lower incomes hardest hit by inflation in 2022

Inflation for the poorest 20% of the population was almost two percentage points...

Conservative MP Zetta Makri files extortion complaint against journalist

Conservative MP Zetta Makri files extortion complaint a...

Zetta Makri, a lawmaker with Greece’s ruling New Democracy party, has filed a co...

Athens to trial overnight public transport services on Saturday

Athens to trial overnight public transport services on ...

Athens will trial 24-hour public transport on Saturday night, extending metro, t...

US transforms Souda base into fortress

US transforms Souda base into fortress

The Souda Bay naval base has been transformed into a fortress as American forces...

Firefighting efforts improve on Evia after intense night

Firefighting efforts improve on Evia after intense night

Firefighting efforts on the island of Evia, near Athens, showed significant impr...

Three more Turkish opposition mayors detained as crackdown expands

Three more Turkish opposition mayors detained as crackd...

Turkish authorities detained three more mayors from the main opposition party on...

Fire service begins inspections of unmaintained plots following citizen complaints

Fire service begins inspections of unmaintained plots f...

The fire service has launched targeted inspections of plots across the country, ...

Railway system set for historic overhaul

Railway system set for historic overhaul

Greece’s state railway company OSE is close to finalizing an agreement with Germ...

Ten years on, New Democracy denounces ‘referendum of shame’

Ten years on, New Democracy denounces ‘referendum of sh...

Greece’s ruling New Democracy party commented on the 10th anniversary of the 201...

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