Greece has signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters for the purchase of eight H215 helicopters, with an option for two additional units, to enhance wildfire combat capabilities. The tender was managed by the Growthfund’s Project Preparation Facility (PPF).

Australia’s Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) has launched a new website honoring Australian service personnel who served on the northern Aegean island of Lemnos during World War I.

A recently imposed fine has brought to light a controversial new law in Greece that places heavy restrictions on camper van parking, sparking legal action from owners.

Greece expects to resume exploratory work on the Great Sea Interconnector – an ambitious electricity link between Greece, Cyprus and Israel – within the coming months, senior diplomatic sources said on Thursday, despite potential geopolitical friction with Turkey.

A 17-year-old Polish national has been arrested in Katerini, in Greece’s central Macedonia region, over the brutal murder of a woman in his home country last week, authorities said.

A 35-year-old food delivery worker was attacked by two foreign nationals around midnight in Hania, Crete, local police said.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Greece show particularly low levels of digital technology adoption, with nearly one in two (46.6%) rated as having very low digital intensity, according to Eurostat’s Digital Intensity Index.

Greek broadcaster Antenna TV has released a harrowing new audio recording from the aftermath of the Tempe train crash that claimed 57 lives in February 2023.

A cargo ship carrying 1,500 metric tons of steel is adrift off the island of Evia, near Athens, after suffering an engine failure, authorities said on Friday.

The government is proceeding cautiously after a preliminary review of a case file involving former transport minister Kostas Karamanlis, seeing signs of ministerial negligence but not of felony-level wrongdoing, officials said Thursday.

A delegation from the US Department of Defense’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) is expected to visit the Republic of Cyprus soon for initial consultations with the Ministry of Defense.

A violent attack by masked assailants at the University of Athens Law School during a student-organized event on Wednesday has ignited widespread criticism over campus security and police response times.

Olympiakos became the second team to secure a spot in the 2025 EuroLeague Final Four in Abu Dhabi, clinching a 3-1 series victory over Real Madrid on Thursday night.

A 59-year-old Georgian-born house painter has been arrested in Alexandroupoli, northeastern Greece, on charges of spying on behalf of Russian intelligence.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate amounted to 9% in March 2025, compared to 10.8% in March 2024 and 8.6% in February 2025.

A grant agreement between the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Elica Interconnector, a member of the Copelouzos Group, for financing the initial studies of the Egypt-Greece Electricity Interconnection (GREGY) Project, was signed on Wednesday in Athens.

After months of setbacks and stalled progress, three of Cyprus’ biggest public works projects are getting a fresh start.

President Donald Trump took office 101 days ago after a campaign in which voters bought his argument that he could skillfully manage the economy and that his policy prescriptions could both bolster growth and eradicate inflation.

The annual progress report of the Greek economy, submitted by the Ministry of National Economy and Finance to the European Council and the European Commission, forecasts a growth rate of 2.3%, an 8.4% jump in investment, a 1.7% rise in private consumption, and increases of 4% in exports of and 3.8% in imports, among other things, for the current year.

Turkish police charged May Day protesters in Istanbul on Thursday, detaining hundreds of people and dragging some away in buses after they tried to defy a ban on public gatherings and march towards Taksim Square.