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Greek police find over a thousand kilos of processed cannabis in ship

Greek authorities have reported finding more than a thousand kilos of processed cannabis (hashish) in a ship that had docked at Pireaus on its way from Lebanon to Libya – …

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Katerina Sakellaropoulou elected as Greece’s first female president

Greece has elected its first female president. High court judge and human rights advocate Katerina Sakellaropoulou was elected by parliament on Wednesday. Nominated by New Democracy, the 63-year-old also secured …

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Greek company to provide cables for big US offshore wind power project

Greece’s Hellenic Cables has won the contract to supply 300km of inter-array cabling for an offshore wind-generation project off the southern coast of Massachusetts in the United States. The Greek …

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Mohegan-led consortium wins casino licence for Hellinikon project in Athens

US-based Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment and Greek construction company GEK TERNA have been been granted the initial right to develop a casino resort within the former Hellinikon International Airport in …

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Foreign journalist attacked by gang during far-right demo in Athens

An independent organisation promoting worldwide press freedom has called on Greek authorities to investigate the attack on a journalist during a demonstration by far-right supporters at Syntagma Square in Athens …

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Athens hospitals to receive upgrades thanks to shipowners agreement

A referendum signed by the Greek union of shipowners will see several state hospitals in Athens and the general Attica area receive much-needed renovations. These will be in the form …

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Athens in the running for title of Best European Destination for 2020

The Greek capital is in the running for the title of Best European Destination for 2020. Run for the 11th year, the online competition is run by the organisation European …

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Eurostat shows steep drop in property prices in Greece

Eurostat data showed a steady increase in house prices and rents in the EU, however Greece has not followed the same trend. Rent prices in the EU have gone up, …

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Greek PM expresses concern over Greece’s absence from the Berlin Conference

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a telephone call on Friday. Government sources said that he expressed his displeasure that Greece has not been …

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Mitsotakis will block peace deal if Turkey-Libya agreement is not scrapped

Unless the maritime agreement between Turkey and Libya is scrapped, Greece will block any European Union peace deal for Libya, the Greek prime minister has warned. Mr Kyriakos Mitsotakis said …

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