The American College of Greece (ACG) will launch its second five-week seminar series, “The Great Game: Intelligence in Modern Statecraft and Business,” running from March 10 to April 7.

Tourism takings in Greece exceeded 21 billion euros in the first 11 months of 2024, having already broken the 2023 record a month earlier, according to data the Bank of Greece released on Monday.

US oil producer Chevron has expressed interest in exploring for hydrocarbons southwest of the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, the Environment and Energy Ministry said on Monday.

Greece’s current account deficit shrank slightly in November compared to the same month in 2023, helped by robust tourism revenue.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Monday, their first encounter since he announced he would not nominate her for a second term as Greece’s head of state.

Two former protected witnesses in the high-profile Novartis case – alleging that the Swiss pharmaceutical giant bribed public officials to boost its market share in Greece – are set to stand trial at the Athens Single-Member Misdemeanor Court on March 7. The witnesses face criminal charges of false testimony and perjury.

Greece is set to launch 22 “Onassis Public Schools,” a collaborative initiative between the Ministry of Education and the Onassis Foundation, aiming to transform public education in socially and economically disadvantaged areas across the country.

The Demos Center (17 Ipitou) of The American College of Greece is currently celebrating democracy through the arts.

The Hellenic Navy’s mission is about to undergo a fundamental change and the government plans to acquire the weapons to back up its new defense approach.

Eight people died on Monday in a fire at a home for the elderly on the outskirts of the Serbian capital, Belgrade, officials and media said.

The private healthcare market in Greece broke the 2-billion-euro barrier for the first time in 2023, growing at a rate of 5.4% from 2022.

The first opinion polls of 2025 signal a tough road ahead for PASOK, Greece’s main socialist opposition party. The surveys suggest that, after a period of turbulence, the political landscape is settling into entrenched patterns, presenting difficult questions for PASOK’s future.

Turkey has emerged as one of the most influential power brokers in Syria after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last month, ending his family’s brutal five-decade rule.

Athens College, Greece’s elite primary and secondary school, was founded on August 13, 1925, by a group of progressive Greek philanthropists and US philhellenes and opened to its first 18 students in October of that year.

Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins Thanos Davelis to break down why it might still be too early to point to a clear Erdogan victory in Syria.

Two of the key players in a powerful protection racket that is being picked apart by investigators following the recent arrest of a police officer over her alleged involvement in its dealings appear to have started their illicit activities in Crete before expanding to Athens in 2019.

Passenger traffic at all Greek airports rose significantly in 2024, Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said on Friday, reporting an increase of 9.3% compared to 2023. 

The trial into the death of a 36-year-old man who drowned while trying to board a passenger ferry in Piraeus in September 2023 is scheduled to start in the port city on Monday, with the ship’s captain and three crew members facing serious charges.

Experts, conservationists and amateur enthusiasts from 12 countries will take part in the four-day 2025 International Barn Owl Conference starting in Athens Monday and continuing in the city of Larissa from Tuesday to Thursday.

Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras announced new cautious interest rate cuts by the European Central Bank.