Europe urgently needs leadership. It has leaders but they cannot pull the European Union in the direction of progress. Italy’s Giorgia Meloni can’t do it, nor can various leaders in the north who want to push events to the extremes vis-a-vis Russia. 

The European Commission has endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of Greece’s fourth payment request for 998.6 million euros in grants (net of pre-financing) under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centerpiece of NextGenerationEU, on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Digital Transformation on Wednesday unveiled an artificial intelligence tool that will be used in the land registry's executive decision-making process.

Greece will begin receiving the final batch of six Rafale fighter jets from France in late September, it was reported on Wednesday.

The Odessa National Opera Ballet will bring “Little Red Riding Hood” to the Athens Concert Hall (115 Vasilissis Sofias) on September 21.

A letter was sent to the European Parliament president calling for the dismissal of SYRIZA MEP Nikos Pappas from the European People's Party (EPP) parliamentary group due to "continuous vulgar, racist, sexist, abusive" behavior.

The European Union has coordinated a record number of emergency responses to extreme weather this year, as climate change fuels wildfires and other disasters in Europe, the world’s fastest-warming continent.

European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday she is doubling down and pushing full steam ahead to achieve gender parity in her executive Commission team that runs the day-to-day affairs of the massive bloc — despite stubborn resistance from some of the 27 member states.

Greece plans to conclude the re-privatization of its banks by early October with the sale of its last stake in National Bank, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

Anna Diamantopoulou, former European Commissioner for Social Affairs and minister, called on Wednesday for a live televised debate between the candidates in PASOK’s upcoming leadership election.

The image of the National Health System (ESY) is deteriorating fast in the eyes of people in northern Greece, with six out of 10 stating that they are dissatisfied with the services offered, and one in two saying they have worsened in the last two to three years, according to survey carried out in July by the company To the Point on behalf of the Medical Association of Thessaloniki.

A pedestrian was hit by a city bus on Vasilissis Olgas Street in eastern Thessaloniki on Wednesday morning.

A drug trafficking ring operating in the Athens area, which was distributing pink cocaine, has been dismantled by officers from the drug enforcement unit of the Greek Police (ELAS).

A 16-year-old girl was injured when a utility pole fell in the Nea Filadelfia district of Athens on Wednesday.

Hoteliers are becoming more vocal about unfair competition as the number of apartments available for short-term rental to foreign and non-resident travelers in the country continues to grow.

Greek carrier has financed the Spanish airline with 25 mln euros through convertible bonds.

European aid sent to Lebanon in an attempt to regulate migration by sea is funding practices that violate human rights, according to a global watchdog report published Wednesday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will hold talks with President Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey on Wednesday in the first presidential level visit in 12 years amid a warming of long-frozen relations between the regional powers.

The Volos Prosecutor’s Office in Central Greece has launched a preliminary investigation into controversial remarks made by Volos Mayor Achilleas Beos earlier this week. 

The reopening of an iconic venue, closed for two and a half years, was marked by the launch of a painting and engraving exhibition at the historic Panellinion cafe in Mytilene, capital of the island of Lesvos in the eastern Aegean. The event was organized by the Peri Technon Karteris gallery, author Nadia Liarelli and Piraeus Bank (owner of the property) on Friday.