The Environment Ministry is advocating for modifications to waste management practices at the municipal and national levels through a legislative amendment.

Police at the weekend were investigating the causes of a fire that engulfed a city bus on Saturday morning on Poseidonos Avenue in Vouliagmeni, southern Athens. 

Thirteen members of the Hellenic Police (ELAS) and a K-9 dog assisted the French authorities for the 2024 Olympics this summer.

A 33-year-old Swiss tourist died during a day cruise around the eastern Aegean island of Symi on Saturday, authorities said.

Making housing more affordable is going to be one of the central themes of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ keynote speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair in early September.

A study by the Center of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) points to the need for more support for families, after looking at the disposable income of different sized households in 2009, 2013 and 2023.

Teams carry out inspections on a farm in the region of Thessaly, central Greece. The General Directorate of Veterinary Medicine at the Ministry of Rural Development and Food has announced a partial revision of the restrictive measures to prevent the spread of sheep plague, based on epidemiological data.

Main opposition SYRIZA is heading to its crucial central committee meeting on September 7 and 8 fragmented into three parts comprising its leader Stefanos Kasselakis, the group of 87, and his former mentor Pavlos Polakis.

The trustees of a Greek Orthodox cemetery in Istanbul have described an attack on it by vandals as an attack “not only on a cemetery, but also on a deep-rooted cultural heritage and religion.”

A search operation to locate a missing 64-year-old Dutch tourist on Samos has entered its third day. The woman disappeared on Thursday morning on a hike.

The Attica region is facing the prospect of water shortages, as the water reserves in Lake Mornos are decreasing significantly, according to a report on private broadcaster SKAI.

Fires broke out Friday on a Greek-flagged oil tanker previously attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels this week, with the vessel now appearing to be adrift in the Red Sea, authorities said.

The Ministry of Finance and the Independent Authority for Public Revenue plan greater discounts and the unlocking of bank accounts for those taxpayers who pay their taxes or their past debts on time or earlier.

One reason the negotiations over a European Union contribution to the new housing loan subsidy program are still going on is that the EU wants the houses that will be eligible for loan subsidies to be upgraded to become more energy efficient.

In response to the outbreak of Monkeypox (Mpox) in African countries, European Union Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakides has addressed the bloc’s health ministers about plans to donate vaccines and therapeutics.

Hotel owners object strongly to a demand by municipalities to hike the occupancy tax to 2% of turnover from the current 0.5%.

One reason the negotiations over a European Union contribution to the new housing loan subsidy program are still going on is that the EU wants the houses that will be eligible for loan subsidies to be upgraded to become more energy efficient.

Data usage through smartphones rose a whopping 49% in Greece in 2023, the largest such increase among 39 European and Middle Eastern countries, according to a report by Swedish consultancy and research firm Tefficient.

As mentioned in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Report 2024, “In 2023, only 65 percent of countries had fully funded and implemented national statistical plans.”

Greek stocks ended the week with a mild decline, going against the trend, as European markets and then Wall Street responded to the chairman of the Federal Reserve’s remarks that there will be an interest rate cut in September.