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Tennis club expansion into forest area raises local concerns
Residents have raised concerns about the illegal expansion of the Holargos Tennis Club in northern Athens into the forested Ymittos area.
Further drop of bad loans in Cyprus
The nonperforming loans (NPL) ratio in Cyprus decreased to 6.5% or 1.6 billion euros at the end of September 2024.
Footage flags policewoman
A 36-year-old police officer, allegedly involved in a corruption ring, has been arrested after being caught showing sensitive documents to a suspected leader of a criminal organization.
Reforming Greece’s military
Most Greek experts on military and security affairs, including many in uniform, have for years pointed out the need for a radical overhaul of the way the Hellenic Armed Forces are organized.
ATHEX: Index takes a step higher on Tuesday
The Greek stock market had a positive day from start to finish on Tuesday, with the benchmark recovering some of the ground it had lost on Monday.
Turning a blind eye
No well-functioning state can tolerate illegal and antisocial behaviors as supposedly customary, local peculiarities.
Army colonel arrested for possession of child pornography
A Greek army colonel was arrested Tuesday by the cybercrime division for alleged possession of child pornography.
Thessaloniki woman reports colleague for sexual assault
A 24-year-old woman has reported being sexually assaulted by a 58-year-old colleague while on duty in Thessaloniki.
Education report shows graduates study in low-demand fields
The latest annual report by the National Authority for Higher Education (ETHAAE) has unveiled significant disparities in Greek higher education compared to EU averages.
Olivier Roy on where our ‘decultured’ world is headed
If you are one of those people who will automatically give your seat to an elderly passenger on the bus, the sight of such an action would maybe make Olivier Roy despair a bit less about the crisis of culture the world is going through right now.
Three factories southeast of Athens engulfed in flames
A fire that started at a factory in Koropi, southeast of Athens, on Tuesday afternoon has spread to two additional facilities.
Actor denies links to protection racket involving brothels and gambling dens
A well-known actor, who allegedly visited the headquarters of a protection racket involving brothels and gambling dens in Athens, has denied any involvement with the criminal organization.
Hotel pools set to switch to seawater on drought-hit islands
Hotels on Greek islands may be filling their swimming pools with seawater this summer in response to worsening drought conditions, under new legislation being debated in parliament.
The Democratic Distribution of Authorship | Athens | January 16
The Demos Center (17 Ipitou) of The American College of Greece is currently celebrating democracy through the arts
Burglars rob jewelry worth €1 mln from residence
A homeowner in northern Greece has claimed that burglars stole jewelry worth €1 million from her home.
PM to meet President Wednesday, head of state nomination imminent
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Wednesday at the Presidential Palace in Athens for their regular monthly briefing, where the Prime Minister updates the largely ceremonial president.
Mitsotakis: Vocational training opens avenues to professional advancement
Treating vocational training as a “poor relation” of general education is a mentality that must be reversed, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has told students attending a model vocational high school in Perama, Piraeus.
NATO announces a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region
NATO is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region after a string of incidents in the Baltic that have heightened concerns about possible Russian activities in the region, the alliance’s leader has said.
Mitsotakis calls on European Commission to move faster to reduce energy prices
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has written to Ursula Von der Leyen to request that the European Commission consider new ways to bring down gas and electricity prices.