Greece can reduce its waste by 35% and recycle 90% of its waste by 2040 without resorting to unnecessary investments that undermine the country’s progress toward a circular economy, according to a new study by WWF Hellas (the Greek section of the international environmental organization WWF). 

A total of 29 wildfires broke out Wednesday across agroforest land in Greece, according to the Fire Service. Twenty-four fires were quickly extinguished, while firefighters are still battling five.

Greek-American stand-up comedian Gus Constantellis brings their sharp wit and observations on immigrant family life, Greek heritage and queer dating to the Tzeni Karezi Theater (3 Akadimias).

August energy prices bode ill for September’s electricity prices. In the first six days of August, and for no apparent reason, the average price of electricity in the wholesale market was €128.98 per megawatt-hour, higher even than traditionally expensive Italy, where the average price was €123 per MWh.

In the 2000s, Greece witnessed an era of irrational exuberance, better known here as “the era of lobster pasta.”

Five of the 20 luxury maisonettes and penthouses to be built on the site of the Agios Kosmas marina have already been sold, for €33 million, developer Orilina Properties says.

Hours after winning gold in the long jump, Miltos Tentoglou was nominated by the president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee to carry the flag at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games on Sunday. 

A wildfire that broke out in Rethymno, Crete, on Wednesday afternoon has spread to three fronts in the Orne area, prompting an emergency evacuation alert for residents.

Video footage from home and shop cameras shows a 66-year-old university professor, accused of setting four fires in the Vari area of southern Attica in June, igniting the blazes.

Domestic and international funds have been investing in the buying of well-known private schools, especially in Attica and Thessaloniki.

Deputy Migration Minister Sofia Voultepsi advised Greeks who cannot afford a holiday on the islands to consider visiting the mainland instead, during an interview on OPEN TV on Wednesday morning.

How will the Chinese Communist Party leadership react to the highly unpredictable US election? China’s leaders are convinced that one of the few points America’s Republicans and Democrats agree on is the desire to stunt China’s natural growth and the legitimate expansion of its influence.

A 64% increase in domestic violence has been reported this year in the administrative region of Eastern Macedonia-Thrace.

The 66-year-old university professor accused of setting four fires in the Vari area of southern Attica in June is expected to appear before a prosecutor on Thursday.

“In Turkey we say, ‘Tencere yuvarlanmis kapagini bulmus.’ Don’t you have the same proverb?” a woman from Kusadasion Turkey’s western Aegean coast, eating at the table next to ours on the island of Agathonisi asked the waiter, making a circle with her hand.

Current 93, led by the enigmatic David Tibet, are returning to Greece after 13 years for a rare show at the Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater at the Athens Conservatoire (17-19 Vassileos Georgiou B).

Greece’s “big four” banks (Alpha, Eurobank, National and Piraeus) posted first-half profits totaling €2.3 billion and significantly reduced exposure to bad loans, while also containing operating costs, ratings agency DBRS has noted. 

Main opposition leader Stefanos Kasselakis and Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis engaged in a heated exchange on social media Wednesday over the worsening conditions in state hospitals, which are suffering from severe staff shortages within the National Health System (ESY).

The duopoly of US pharmaceuticals firm Eli Lilly and Danish Novo Nordisk in the slimming drugs market is threatened. 

Elina Tzengko of Greece competes in the women’s javelin throw qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Wednesday in Saint-Denis, France.