Accidents happen in other countries, too. The uniquely Greek aspect of this situation lies in the fact that the state has long stood by helplessly in the face of such calamities, unable to identify their causes and consequences with the necessary immediacy. Source link
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the Greek national football team on Saturday ahead of its Nations League clash against Germany, praising the players for their recent performances and confidence. Mitsotakis met the squad at their hotel, where he spoke with head coach Ivan Jovanovic, Hellenic Football Federation president Makis Gagatsis and the international players …
Greek trawler owners kept vessels tied up as the fishing season opened October 1, launching protests over soaring fuel costs. Source link
Greek actress and dancer Eleni Prokopiou, remembered for her striking screen presence and performances in some of Greek cinema’s best known films, has died aged 87, leaving behind a career that ended just as she was reaching the height of her popularity. Prokopiou died on September 27, 2026. Although she appeared in only 23 films, …
A 32-year-old Romanian man climbed a ladder, smashed a first-floor window with a sledgehammer and stabbed his former partner and her current partner shortly after midnight on Thursday, authorities said. Source link
Greek singer and songwriter Giorgos Sampanis paid an emotional tribute to his late friend and longtime collaborator Giorgos Mazonakis during a concert at the Katrakion Theatre in Nikaia. The moving moment came when Sampanis performed “Ores Mikres” (Short Hours), one of the songs associated with their 18-year musical partnership. As the song played, Sampanis danced …
Former prime minister Antonis Samaras on Saturday accused the conservative government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of pursuing an unpatriotic foreign policy, criticizing its handling of relations with North Macedonia and Bulgaria. Source link
Greece’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent in August 2026, the lowest reading reported in the latest labour-force release and 1.4 points below a year earlier, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority. Greece’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent in August 2026, down from 8.8 percent a year earlier and 7.9 …
The governing New Democracy party has lost roughly 30% of the electoral base that supported it in Greece’s 2023 election, equivalent to about 10 percentage points, according to internal tracking polls conducted for the government under the guidance of American political strategist and pollster Stan Greenberg. Source link
The former royal estate at Tatoi is scheduled to open to the public in December, according to the timetable of Greece’s Ministry of Culture, closing a restoration programme that the government placed at the top of its cultural agenda in 2019. The estate, on the wooded slopes above Varibombi, covers about 42,000 stremmata — roughly …