A 59-year-old man has been arrested in the Athens neighbourhood of Kypseli on suspicion of offending sexual decency following reports of inappropriate behaviour near a children’s playground. According to police information, the incident occurred at approximately 6:40 p.m. on Tuesday on Fokionos Negri Street, causing alarm among residents and passers-by. Authorities allege the man was …
Puzzled by the persistent bleating of goats that woke me before dawn during my holiday on Tinos, I stepped out onto the balcony. A herd had gathered nearby, waiting their turn to climb over the dry-stone wall and then leap into the pool area of the neighboring hotel complex to drink. Source link
The Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) has awarded 365 scholarships to outstanding students from across Greece, continuing its long-standing commitment to supporting academic excellence and the country’s next generation. The scholarship recipients come from 44 regions of Greece and were selected from approximately 1,200 applicants. The programme recognises high-achieving students and aims to help talented …
Hotel prices and occupancy rates continue to increase as demand for travel to Greece remains strong. Although this picture may differ significantly from destination to destination and depending on the hotel category, the broader trend remains upward, according to research data for the first five months of 2026 from the Institute of Tourism Research and …
Thousands of cancer patients in Greece are still waiting for free access to essential biomarker tests, eight months after the government introduced reforms intended to expand reimbursement through the public healthcare system. Although a ministerial decision updated the list of reimbursed oncology biomarkers and created a new framework for evaluating future tests, the system has …
The 2026 annual tax report of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union highlights the steep taxation of labor in Greece, the excessive reliance on indirect taxes and the very high contribution of environmental taxes to public revenues. Source link
Curran, who has Irish heritage on his father’s side and Greek on his mother’s, rose to fame as a contestant on MasterChef Australia. He is set to release his first cookbook, Eat More Greek, in September 2026, paying tribute to his yiayia’s recipes and classic Hellenic dishes. In a recent interview, the Melbourne-based cook shared …
Barcelona’s Boqueria market is so crowded with visitors these days that many stalls that once sold fresh vegetables, fish or meat to home cooks now offer takeaway cups of cut fruit or fried shrimp to tourists instead. Source link
A major retrospective exhibition dedicated to the life and work of distinguished Lefkadian painter Themistoklis Karfakis (1924–2014) will open on Monday, 20 July 2026, at the Th. Stamos Art Gallery in Lefkada. Titled “Terra Femina | Γη Γυναικός” (Earth of Woman), the exhibition focuses on the central role of female figures — both real and …
A bill submitted for approval at the Cypriot parliament introduces a tax on municipal waste sent to a landfill. Source link