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Mitsotakis attacks Greece’s poor press freedom ranking as “crap”

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday warned media in Greece faced a “truly dangerous cocktail” of press freedom threats, a day after the Greek prime minister said the group’s rating …

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EU uncovers 2.2-bn-euro cross-border tax fraud

The EU on Tuesday announced the discovery of a sophisticated 2.2-billion-euro (US$2.3-billion) VAT tax fraud that triggered raids in 14 countries, including France, Germany, Greece and Spain. More than 600 …

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Schools remain closed in Evia, Greece following magnitude 5 earthquake

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 shook Evia on Tuesday and was felt as far as Athens, according to witnesses, but there were no immediate reports of casualties …

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Greece to bring back unvaccinated health staff: minister

Greece will restore thousands of health staff who refused to be vaccinated against Covid-19, the health minister said Tuesday, following a court ruling. Like several other European countries, Greece brought …

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Celebrated Greek cheesemakers brought low by inflation

On his bougainvillaea-covered farm on the Greek island of Naxos, Yannis Karganis milks his sheep, wondering anxiously how he will cope with soaring costs and keep his cheesemaking business afloat. …

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Students injured after stage collapse at Piraeus theatre

A number of students rehearsing on the stage of the central hall of the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus have been injured following a collapse of a part of the stage …

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Greek Prime Minister and King Charles III to discuss royal estate restoration in Attica

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is in London to attend a Greek Investment Conference jointly organised by the Athens Stock Exchange and Morgan Stanley, is scheduled to meet with King …

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Police conduct another raid on Ark of the World charity

Following raids earlier this week on the Ark of the World headquarters in Athens’ Kolonos district and on a branch in Chios, in the eastern Aegean, the Hellenic Police (ELAS) …

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Police raid Chios branch of Ark of the World – Eponymous benefactors demand justice

Chios Police carried out a raid on Thursday (Greece time) on the local branch of the Ark of the World (Kivotos tou Kosmou) children’s charity, which is under investigation following …

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Athens teams up with Google

Athens has launched a project to promote tourism in cooperation with the Greek Ministry of Tourism and US tech giant Google. Mayor of Athens Kostas Bakoyannis pointed out that the …

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