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Turkey highlights defense industry growth, exports up 65%
Ankara has stepped up its outreach to the EU, now rapidly rearming, using the 18th Conference of Balkan Chiefs of General Staff as a platform.
Elderly couple dead in apparent murder-suicide at Crete hospital
An 87-year-old man fatally shot his 85-year-old wife, a hospitalized cancer patient, before turning the gun on himself at Crete’s Rethymno General Hospital on Saturday morning.
Celestyal launches season with discounts
Celestyal has marked the start of its summer season with a promotion featuring up to 60% savings across 87 sailings departing from June 2025 to March 2027.
Samaras slams top court ruling upholding same-sex marriage
Antonis Samaras, Greece’s former conservative prime minister, has criticized a decision by the Council of State upholding the constitutionality of civil marriage and adoption rights for same-sex couples.
New drive for closed houses
Gov’t puts pressure on servicers to release the properties they manage back into the market.
Turkish authorities order detention of dozens of opposition officials in widening crackdown
Turkish authorities ordered the detention of several opposition party members in Istanbul and raided opposition-run municipalities on Saturday, state media said, part of a widening legal crackdown against the opposition and city’s jailed mayor.
Creation of a consumer market watchdog
The government aspires to follow the pattern of Scandinavian countries in terms of market monitoring and consumer protection.
Historic Sinai settlement never signed
A comprehensive agreement that would have ended a prolonged legal dispute over property rights at Egypt’s historic Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai remains unsigned, leaving the ancient Orthodox Christian site’s future uncertain.
Lecture to explore Greek anti-dictatorship resistance in Toronto
A new lecture set for June 5 will shed light on Toronto’s role in the Greek anti-dictatorship resistance (1967-74), exploring how local activism contrasted with political movements founded abroad.
Is a trade deal between the EU and the US in the cards?
Max Bergmann – the director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and the Stuart Center in Euro-Atlantic and Northern European Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies – joins Thanos Davelis as we explore whether a trade deal between the EU and the US is in the cards, and look into the deeper questions this looming trade war raises about the transatlantic relationship.
Locals, developers dispute former airport site boundary
A heated confrontation erupted between Lamda Development and Glyfada Municipality officials over disputed land boundaries at the former Athens airport site.
Woman found dead after fire engulfs Lesvos supermarket
A 65-year-old woman has been found dead following a devastating fire that broke out in a supermarket in the village of Vrisa, on the island of Lesvos.
Jobless rate at 17-year low
Unemployment in Greece fell to 8.3% in April, according to seasonally adjusted data.
Russian cyberattackers target Greek company
Nespresso Greece customers were notified May 21 of a potential personal data breach following a cyberattack on partnering logistics company Orphee Beinoglou International Transportation.
Turkish suspect arrested for armed attack on Greek agents
One of the three Turkish nationals wanted in connection with Tuesday’s armed attack on Greek intelligence (EYP) agents near Thessaloniki has been arrested in a mountain village in the northeastern regional unit of of Rhodope.
Halkidiki camping tender attracts 11 investors
Growthfund, the National Fund of Greece, announced on Friday that 11 investment schemes have submitted expressions of interest in the tender for the development of the property “Beach and Camping of Possidi, Kalandra” in Halkidiki, northern Greece.
Hania-Iraklio road project concession ratified by Parliament
The Northern Road Axis of Crete (VOAK) concession for the Hania-Iraklio section was ratified by Parliament on Thursday evening.
Over 60,000 work permits in a decade in Cyprus
Cyprus has issued more than 60,000 residence and work permits to foreign nationals over the past decade.
Cyprus posts budget surplus of €646.8m
Cyprus’ government posted a budget surplus of 646.8 million euros, equivalent to 1.8% of GDP, during the period January-April 2025, according to preliminary data released by the Statistical Service of Cyprus (CyStat) on Friday.
Deposits by households, nonprofit institutions increase in April
Last month deposits placed by households and private nonprofit institutions increased by 350 million euros, compared with a decrease of 158 million euros in March; the annual growth rate remained unchanged at 2.6%, compared to the previous month, the Bank of Greece (BoG) said on Friday. On the contrary, corporate deposits decreased by €1.14 billion […]