After a record tax haul in 2024, the Ministry of Finance is preparing for yet another all-time high, around €65-66 billion or even higher, in 2025.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed solidarity with Greece as it battles a major wildfire in northeastern Attica.

A new development plan drafted by the Ministry of Development will place more emphasis on expanding the country’s industrial base rather than its tourist capacity.

Greece’s worst wildfire this year spread into the Athens suburbs on Monday, forcing hundreds of people to flee as it torched trees, homes and cars overnight and choked busy roads with smoke and ash.

The Aegean Regatta kicks off on August 19, starting from Kalymnos and taking in Nisyros, Tilos and Halki before racing for Rhodes.

The Labor Ministry has mandated the suspension of manual outdoor work for private sector employees in northeastern Attica through Tuesday due to ongoing wildfires.

Greek authorities have requested assistance from the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (EUCPM) to combat the wildfire raging in northeastern Athens since Sunday.

The large wildfire raging in the outskirts of northern Athens on Monday reached the National Observatory of Athens in Pendeli. 

Ministry of Finance officials call them “the elephants in the room.” They refer to defense and pensions, where increased spending needs severely restrict the margin of maneuver for spending on other items.

As a quintessential political art, theater has always served as a valuable conduit for reminding and updating the timeless demands of a well-ordered state.

Authorities ordered the evacuation of several areas in northern Athens on Monday as the huge fire that broke out on Sunday in the Varnava area of northeastern Attica continued to rage.

British rock band Puressence returns to Greece after 10 years for a live performance at Floyd (117 Pireos) on December 14.

The government has decided to further lighten the burden of social security contributions on both employers and employees by 1 percentage point of salaries, but has not yet decided exactly how.

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy has announced that all scheduled arrivals and departures of passenger ships to and from the port of Rafina, located on the eastern coast of Attica, will be redirected to the port of Lavrio to the south.

Turkey’s talks with state-controlled Abu Dhabi Port (ADP) to set up a joint venture for operating rights of the Aegean port of Izmir are continuing, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Residents of Nea Penteli, a suburb located in northeastern Athens, have been instructed by the 122 emergency alert system to evacuate toward Halandri. 

I once asked a prominent figure in the American pro-Israel lobbying community what the secret of its success was. He answered me bluntly and clearly: “Fear.”

The government has downwardly revised its short-term energy transition goals after realizing they would constrain growth too much.

A fast-moving wildfire fuelled by gale-force winds spread to the edge of Athens on Monday, torching trees, houses and cars and forcing evacuations of several hospitals and a dozen towns and villages, Greek authorities said.

Turkey wants to improve its ties with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), but its priority is fulfilling its responsibilities to NATO as an important ally, Defense Minister Yasar Guler said.