Developments in the Cyprus issue ahead of the upcoming five-party meeting in Geneva, as well as the need for increased European Union investment in defense, were key topics discussed during a meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cyprus President Nicos Christodoulides in Athens on Saturday. 

The European Union is one of the most successful political “experiments” in the history of political science. Its demise has been predicted by many; its survival recognized by few.

Greek police have arrested four Turkish nationals and detained nine others as part of an ongoing investigation into the double murder of two of their compatriots in the southern Athens suburb of Glyfada last December.

GDP beat expectations, driven by consumption and improved investment in the last quarter.

Ruling New Democracy has expelled MP Dimitris Kyriazidis from its parliamentary group, following his insult of Zoe Konstantopoulou, leader of the Course of Freedom party, on the final day of a three-day no-confidence debate against the government on Friday.

The government, through the Growthfund, is speeding up the procedures for proclaiming a tender regarding the development of 22 regional airports currently managed by the Civil Aviation Authority.

To mark their 20th anniversary, Remember Lizzy, a Greek tribute band to legendary Irish group Thin Lizzy, have invited Darren Wharton, former keyboardist with Phil Lynott’s Dublin-based band, to be their special guest at a live concert at Kyttaro Live Club on April 5.

The investigation into the deadly Tempe train disaster is advancing, with judicial authorities considering new indictments.

In a few years’ time, Athens International Airport will have doubled its buildings.

Police in Athens said they detained 61 people, of whom seven were subsequently arrested, during clashes that broke out outside Parliament, during a censure motion debate against the government over its handling of the Tempe rail disaster two years ago.

A new electronic patient tracking system is set to debut this month at Evangelismos Hospital in Athens, with plans to expand to 12 more emergency departments across Greece by summer, officials announced.

Former deputy minister Christos Triantopoulos dismissed opposition allegations that he coordinated government efforts that essentially entailed evidence tampering at the site of the deadly Tempe train crash in 2023 as “fake news.”

The German-Greek Chamber of Commerce and Industry has signed a cooperation protocol with the MBA International program of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), aimed at strengthening business and academic and research ties between Greece and Germany. 

Greece’s Eurobank group aims to create the largest bank in Cyprus with total assets of 28 billion euros through the acquisition of Hellenic Bank and its merger with Eurobank Cyprus.

On Wednesday and Thursday, the Competition Commission conducted an unannounced on-site inspection of activities in the coastal shipping sector, in the sector of maritime transport services for passengers, cars and trucks, and at associations of undertakings. 

Rural Development and Food Minister Kostas Tsiaras said on Friday that the survival and development of the agricultural sector is not a matter for party politics. 

Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni highlighted Greece’s potential as a reference center for assisted reproduction, as well as the strategic actions that have been taken to strengthen medical tourism, during her welcome speech at the 4th Panhellenic Symposium on Assisted Reproduction, with the participation of leading scientists and professionals in the sector. 

Clashes broke out in Greece’s two largest cities Friday, as protesters hurled gasoline bombs and flares outside parliament.

The Parliament rejected the no confidence motion jointly submitted by four opposition parties, 157-136, late Friday.

The Canadian rating agency announced on Friday it has upgraded Greece’s sovereign credit rating one notch to ‘BBB’ and maintained a stable outlook for the country’s rating.