Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to unveil plans on Saturday to increase pensions, reduce social security contributions and improve public services in an effort to win back voters angered by a lingering cost of living crisis.

Inflation in Cyprus slowed down in August 2024, with prices rising by 1.5%, compared to a 2.11% increase in July.

Fitch Ratings has upgraded the credit ratings of Greece’s four systemic banks – i.e. National Bank of Greece, Piraeus Bank, Alpha Bank and Eurobank.

A three-year tax exemption will be granted to property owners who put their shuttered apartments on the market.

Japanese driver Takamoto Katsuta and his co-driver Aaron Johnston are racing the Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid on the Ano Pavliani special stage during the EKO Acropolis Rally Greece, part of the World Rally Championship (WRC), in the Fthiotida regional unit of central Greece, Friday.

To an unsuspecting passer-by, almost nothing would have suggested that just a week ago, the city of Volos in central Greece had resembled a dystopia, with thousands of dead fish floating in the waters of the Pagasetic Gulf.

A citizen group on the Aegean island of Astypalaia has appealed to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to intervene and halt plans for a new village of tourist residences, which would be the size of the island’s capital, Chora.

A 70-year-old farmer is fighting for his life after being shot in a violent attack in the village of Villandredo, Rethymno, Crete.

Use of the IRIS direct payment system soared during 2024, according to the Economy and Finance Ministry, with one in every two citizens with an activated web banking account – more than 3 million users – having linked their accounts to the system.

The leftist SYRIZA opposition has urged the conservative government to condemn Turkey’s violation of the Prespa Agreement between Greece and North Macedonia.

The merger of Attica Bank and Pancreta Bank was finalized on Wednesday, creating the fifth largest bank in Greece by estimated assets.

Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Christos Staikouras reconfirmed on Thursday that “18 full years after the signing of the basic contract for the project, on April 26, 2006, in 87 days Thessaloniki will have a metro.” 

The incident occurred on Olympionikou Diadochou Konstantinou Avenue and involved three vehicles. Two cars carrying a total of ten passengers stopped a third vehicle with five occupants.

Athanasios Ghavelas of Greece, guided by Ioannis Nyfantopoulos, crosses the finish line to win gold in the Men's 100m T11 final at the Stade de France during the 2024 Paris Summer Paralympic Games.

Police have launched an inquiry after the public outcry sparked by a video posted on social media showing three dead jackals hanging in two different places in the region of Messinia in southern Greece. 

The polarization and disintegration of leftist opposition SYRIZA was on full display again on Thursday at the meeting of the political secretariat, which, tellingly, lasted just one and a half hours, a historic low by the party’s standards.

Three days after the opening of the defense company ASELSAN’s headquarters in North Macedonia, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visited Skopje on Wednesday in a bid to demonstrate the role Ankara wants to play in the internal affairs of North Macedonia and the Balkans.

One in seven National Health Service (ESY) permanent doctors have reportedly stated their intention to open a private practice or collaborate with a private clinic or diagnostic center, taking advantage of the new institutional framework that permits them to work privately outside of their regular duty hours.

According to data from AIA, passenger traffic reached 3.64 million in August 2024, up 10.5% compared to August 2023 levels.

A series of attacks in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels have left a Greek flagged ship, the Sounion, stranded, threatening to spill its 1 million barrels of oil into the sea.