National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis highlighted the main planning of his ministry for 2025 in a post on TikTok on Tuesday. The message was titled “In 2025, We Are Implementing Our Five Key Commitments” and made the following points: “At our treasury, we will save many millions of euros for taxpayers, because thanks …
Flags are flying at half-mast outside the Parliament as Greece observes four days of national mourning in honor of former socialist prime minister Costas Simitis, who passed away at the age of 88 on Sunday. A law professor and a reformist, Simitis served as prime minister from 1996 to 2004, was instrumental in leading Greece …
Flowers lie on a concrete slab of the Holocaust Memorial to mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Auschwitz death camp in Berlin, January 27, 2015. [Markus Schreiber/AP Photo] There are troubling signs of resurgent antisemitism in Europe and around the world, from attacks on …
Witness testimonies began Tuesday in the trial concerning the deaths of 32 elderly residents at the Agia Skepi nursing home in Hania, Crete, in 2020. Six defendants, including the nursing home owner and her daughter, two doctors, and two staff members face felony charges related to these deaths. They are accused not only of causing …
A subsidy of 1.5 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) has been applied to electricity tariffs for January, according to a statement from the Ministry of Environment and Energy. As a result, the final price for consumers is approximately 14 cents per kWh. The subsidies for household tariffs – available without income criteria and regardless of provider …
[forecastweather.gr] A 23-year-old skier who went missing on Monday at the popular Seli ski resort in Imathia, central Macedonia, has been found alive by rescue crews, state-run broadcaster ERT reported on Tuesday afternoon. Initial reports indicate that he is well in his health. The skier, who friends said is a paratrooper, had been snowboarding with …
[InTime News] Three teenagers were attacked by a group of strangers outside a metro station near Piraeus on Monday night, sustaining minor injuries, in what seems to have been a soccer-related incident. According to state broadcaster ERT, the assailants approached the teens, all aged 17, inquired about their soccer club allegiance, and then launched the …
People stand in line as members of the new security forces check their IDs during an operation to detain, according to the state media, militiamen affiliated with ousted president Bashar Assad, at a residential area, in Homs, Syria, Thursday, January 2, 2025. [Leo Correa/AP] The recent killing of 14 members of the new Syrian government’s …
In what is arguably a pivotal moment for Middle Eastern diplomacy, Greece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is set to travel to Cairo on Wednesday for a tripartite summit with Egypt and the Republic of Cyprus. The timing of the meeting coincides with evolving dynamics in Syria and broader regional volatility, making it critical. The tripartite …
European Union marine fuel rules, effective from Jan. 1 as part of efforts to cut emissions, will raise shipping costs, although firms with vessels that can run on alternative fuels, such as biodiesel and LNG, will benefit, two shipbrokers said. The policy is the second major EU regulation focused on cutting the shipping industry’s carbon …