A federal judge in Massachusetts ordered on Friday barred the deportation of a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, who voiced support for Palestinians in Israel’s war in Gaza and was detained by US immigration officials this week.

The government has announced significant salary increases for military personnel in an effort to curb staff attrition and encourage recruitment.

Italy’s far-right-led government on Friday approved a decree that expands the use of Albanian fast-track asylum processing centers to include “repatriation” hubs, in line with a recent EU proposal.

Attica Regional Governor Nikos Hardalias on Thursday presented the Destination Management and Marketing Organization (DMMO) to institutional and professional agencies of tourism.

Lamda Development’s management expects to generate 550 million euros in revenue from pre-sales and down payments for residential properties in 2025, while the recognition of additional revenue from residential properties, amounting to €286 million, relating to corresponding pre-sales that took place in 2024, is also pending.

Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis told Skai TV on Friday that further cuts to tax rates were imminent.

Eurobank Group's 1.3-billion-euro investment in Cypriot lender Hellenic Bank will create the largest bank in the local market.

Animated movies, like those from famed Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, are not made in a hurry. The intricate hand drawings and attention paid to every single detail can make for a slow, potentially yearslong process.

 Loans to Greek businesses increased by 1.4 billion euros in February, a development attributed to the acceleration of investment projects financed through the Recovery and Resilience Fund and other financial instruments, raising business credit to €83.7 billion, from €82.3 billion in January.

Construction activity across Greece showed strong growth in 2024, with a significant 14.9% increase in the number of building permits issued. 

Olympiakos and Panathinaikos conceded precious ground at the latter half of the Euroleague double week.

Greece is already very late in developing its own defense industry. This is the bad news. The good news is, however, that it does not lack the talent and know-how to make up for lost ground and follow the technological progress in the defense sector in leaps and bounds. 

Greek nationals in Bangkok shared with Kathimerini their firsthand accounts of the powerful earthquake that shook Myanmar and Thailand.

On a weekly basis the benchmark improved 2.27%, rising for a fourth week in a row.

An elderly man was crushed to death by a crawler excavator in Crete on Friday.

Coca-Cola Hellenic announced the cancellation of its planned event outside the Panathenaic Stadium (also known as the Kallimarmaro) following an order from Culture Minister Lina Mendoni for the immediate suspension of construction after her on-site inspection.

A court in Crete has ruled that the family of a 51-year-old man, killed by a falling tree in Iraklio, is entitled to €385,000 in compensation for the mental anguish caused by the tragic accident, holding the municipality of Iraklio responsible.

Artist Athina Misegianni presents her exhibition “Remnants” at the cafe of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

Turks are not taking to the streets, risking their freedom and lives, because they were asked to by the main opposition party, or even by the jailed mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, the most charismatic and capable potential rival of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

One in four young adults in Greece, aged 15 to 29, suffers from some form of mental disorder, with self-harm being the sixth leading cause of death among those aged 10 to 14 and 15 to 19, according to a recent report by the World Health Organization’s European branch.