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Unemployment eases to 9.4% in December
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in December 2024 amounted to 9.4% compared to 10.4% in December 2023 and a downwardly revised 9.5% in November 2024, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Thursday.
New system for monitoring maritime fuel
The Ministry of National Economy and Finance and the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) are installing new monitoring software on vessels.
Reds enter top-eight of Europa League, PAOK awaits Ajax or Steaua
PAOK could do no better than lose at Real Sociedad, but is still in the top-24.
State ignoring justice
Justice in Greece is slow. But even when courts deliver a ruling, the state is even slower to comply with its decisions.
8 out of 10 Greeks disapprove of government’s handling of Tempe case, poll shows
A poll conducted by MRB for OPEN TV, published on Thursday, revealed that 8 out of 10 Greeks are dissatisfied with how the government has handled the Tempe case.
ATHEX: Stocks stay the course, end higher
A late surge in stock prices, mainly in the closing auctions, offset previous losses and led to yet another historic high on Thursday.
Historian Mark Mazower becomes honorary citizen of Thessaloniki
In the prologue to “Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950,” we meet the then very young Mark Mazower in 1977, leaving the train station in Thessaloniki and walking through the exhaust fumes in front of third-rate hotels.
Supermarket worker cleared in wiretap case
A prosecutor has dismissed charges against a supermarket employee accused of facilitating use of the Predator spyware in the 2022 wiretapping scandal.
Muhabbet: East Mediterranean Conversations
The American College of Greece is hosting “Muhabbet: East Mediterranean Conversations,” a series of discussions running from January 27 to May 23, focused on the shared Ottoman past of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Greece president vote moves to second round
The second roll-call vote for the election of the new president of the Republic will take place in the Greek parliament at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, as the term of Katerina Sakellaropoulou comes to an end.
Charges filed against four police officers over femicide
The Athens First Instance Prosecutor has initiated criminal proceedings against four police officers in connection with the murder of Kyriaki Griva outside the Agioi Anargyroi police station in western Athens in April 2024 by her former partner.
Increased volcanic activity detected in Greece’s popular tourist island of Santorini
Increased volcanic activity in Greece’s famed tourist hotspot of Santorini has prompted the country’s civil protection minister to call a meeting with local and disaster response officials.
Boy falls into sinkhole on way to school
A 12-year-old schoolboy is recovering at home in the western Peloponnesian town of Pyrgos after falling into a sinkhole that opened up on a road as he was making his way to school.
From Games on five continents to digital change, IOC candidates unveil plans
The seven candidates for the world’s most powerful job in global sport – the presidency of the International Olympic Committee – have unveiled their plans and vision for the Games in a brief presentation to the IOC membership.
Collision between tram and car in Piraeus
A tram collided with a car in Piraeus on Thursday morning, in the Evangelistria area.
The oldest evidence for lead pollution comes from ancient Greece
Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution in the environment dating to around 5,200 years ago.
Hellenic Train fully responsible if illegal cargo is proven, gov’t spokesperson says
Government Spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis said on Thursday that if it is proven that the freight train was carrying illegal cargo that contributed to the fire in the Tempe railway disaster, both the political and legal responsibility would lie with Hellenic Train.
Former Hellenic Train CEO called as a suspect for Tempe
Maurizio Capotorto, the former CEO of Hellenic Train, has reportedly been summoned to provide explanations as a suspect in the alleged offense of giving false testimony before the parliamentary inquiry committee on the Tempe train tragedy last January.
4.4-magnitude quake felt in Athens
A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck the island of Evia on Thursday afternoon, according to the Geodynamic Institute, with tremors strongly felt in Athens.