Coastal shipping is a very important sector for Greece and, needless to say, concerning tourism in particular, we have been witnessing an increase in the number of accidents.

Greece will participate in the new EU Military Assistance Mission in Mozambique  (EUMAM Mozambique), Kathimerini reports.

The government has begun implementing an extensive plan in coordination with relevant authorities for the restoration of the fire-stricken areas of northeastern Attica, it was reported on Tuesday.

The 21-year-old operator of the amusement park ride in Pefkochori, Halkidiki, which partially broke and resulted in the death of a 19-year-old, has been charged with negligent homicide.

The government is looking for ways to make use of empty houses and apartments to boost supply and pressure prices downward.

The fire that broke out in small tanks of nitric acid and packaged fertilizers in the courtyard of a chemical and fertilizer factory in Neoktista Aspropyrgos, western Attica, on Tuesday, has been brought under control.

A supermoon, known as the blue moon and “Sturgeon Moon”, rises next to the Temple of Poseidon, on Cape Sounion, near Athens, Greece, August 19, 2024.

A rescue operation is taking place on Tuesday on Corfu island, in the area of Giannades, after a female tourist fell from a cliff at Gyali Beach.

Art Athina, Greece’s largest annual art event and one of the oldest fairs in Europe, will take place at the Zappeion Exhibition Hall from September 19 to 23, organizers said on Monday.

The 22 regional airports not yet privatized, and controlled by the Civil Aviation Authority, are in urgent need of repairs and expansion in order to accommodate increased demand.

A 42-year-old father of four who became embroiled in a bar fight in northeastern Greece on the night of August 15 died of his injuries on Tuesday, sparking fears of a feud in the small border town of Feres.

The operator of an amusement park ride that claimed the life of a 19-year-old boy in Halkidiki, northern Greece, turned himself in to the authorities on Tuesday, state broadcaster ERT reported.

A fire at a fertilizer plant in Aspropyrgos on Tuesday prompted authorities to evacuate the factory and warn residents in the industrial West Attica town to stay indoors with their doors and windows shut as toxic fumes spewed into the air.

In an effort to cut down on costly and lengthy court disputes and obtain as much tax revenue as quickly as possible, the government will start offering significant fine discounts to individuals or companies that admit wrongdoing and accept the results of inspections.

Turkey’s interest was again piqued on Monday by the conduct of surveys for the laying of electrical interconnection cables by the Italian-flagged research vessel Ievoli Relume south of Kasos and Karpathos in the southeast Aegean.

A total of 76 irregular migrants from Syria, Egypt, Sudan and Bangladesh traveling in three separate boats landed on the shores of Gavdos, a tiny island south of Crete, in the early hours of Tuesday.

Greece’s dairy industry is recovering, after a steep rise in the wholesale price of milk hurt sales. The lower retail price of milk allowed dairy industries to regain market share from private label producers.

Marking the August full moon, the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki opened for free on Monday night.

The government would love to see the money from the concessions of Attiki Odos and Egnatia Highway reach its coffers this year, in order to help pay back part of the country’s debt. Increasingly, this seems unlikely.

From 2020 to the end of 2023, gross earnings rose 11% and the income tax corresponding to these earnings rose 41%.