European shares jumped on Thursday after the European Central Bank (ECB) cut interest rates again as inflation hovers within striking distance of its 2% target and the domestic economy is skirting a recession.

The International Coordinating Committee Justice for Cyprus (PSEKA) condemned Netflix’s decision to limit the international release of the series “Famagusta” due to pressure from Turkey.

Experts will this week resume a risky operation to salvage the Sounion tanker which was attacked by Yemen’s Houthis in the Red Sea last month and still holds about one million barrels of crude oil, maritime sources said on Thursday.

The Culture Ministry announced Thursday that “The Murderess” by Eva Nathena will represent Greece at the 2024 Oscars, following a turbulent selection process. 

Greece's main opposition party's political secretariat will meet on Thursday afternoon to ratify a decision earlier this week to remove Stefanos Kasselakis from SYRIZA's helm.

Greece outlined measures to boost its lagging birthrate on Thursday, from vouchers and childcare benefits to tax breaks for new parents, although experts questioned the plan’s effectiveness.

The public water company (EYDAP) announced the launch of an ambitious project to draw water through tunnels from two rivers in Evrytania, central Greece, to fill the artificial lake Evinos.

A 25-year-old woman was arrested in Athens on Tuesday for alleged revenge porn and attempted blackmail. 

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday that a German plan to impose tighter checks at its land borders amounted to unilaterally scrapping Europe’s open-border Schengen zone and would burden frontline states such as Greece.

It took Microsoft no less than four years to get the first construction permit for the main building of its first data center in Greece, which will be built at Spata, eastern Attica.

Israel’s Minister of Energy, Eli Cohen, held a phone call on Thursday with the Cypriot Minister of Energy, Commerce, and Industry, George Papanastasiou, regarding the Great Sea Interconnector, calling the project a “top priority.”

A secondary school in the Cretan city of Hania was evacuated Thursday morning after an anonymous caller said a bomb had been placed in the building.

Police in the northwestern city of Grevena have arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of currency forgery.

GEK Terna has signed a 3.3 billion euro deal for the lease of a toll highway in Athens, two sources with knowledge of the matter have told Reuters.

According to the Hellenic National Public Health Organization (EODY), eight more deaths from the West Nile virus occurred between September 4 and 11, bringing the total number of deaths from the virus to 25.

Three months after he was remanded in custody on charges of assaulting his wife, prominent criminal lawyer Apostolos Lytras has been granted conditional release.

Property owners with assets over 500,000 euros, as well as businesses with a turnover of over €500,000 per year, will be left without state support if they are not insured against natural disasters.

The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) criticized Netflix’s decision to restrict the international release of “Famagusta” to Greece and Cyprus due to Turkish government pressure.

Ousted SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis will not set up a new party and will remain in SYRIZA, one of his associates has said.

A Thessaloniki prosecutor filed felony charges on Thursday against a 46-year-old who, allegedly driving under the influence, struck and severely injured a couple and their two-year-old child in Thessaloniki.