The bodies of seven people were recovered off Cyprus on Monday after authorities mounted a search and rescue operation following the capsize of a boat carrying migrants, Cyprus’ state broadcaster said.

Athens and Ankara are in the final stages of confirming the date for a crucial summit between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with April 8 emerging as the most likely date.

Attica’s Traffic Police issued nearly 1,600 citations during regular inspections carried out between March 14 and 16 in different parts of the capital, the force reported on Tuesday.

Revealing details on how the so-called “Russian Pontian” syndicate laundered money from cigarette smuggling have come to light and are now in the hands of Greece’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority.

The Bank of Greece has downwardly revised the growth rate of the Greek economy to 2.3% from 2.5% in 2025.

A recent study on 45 vulnerable households in Athens has revealed alarming findings regarding energy inefficiency. Homes in the city are often overheated in summer and freezing in winter due to inadequate insulation and rising energy costs.

Greece’s newly appointed finance minister, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, headed into work on Monday having to deal with a list of tasks.

Athens-listed PPC Group is marking its dynamic expansion in the Bulgarian renewable energy sources market with the start of the construction of a new photovoltaic plant with batteries, with a total installed capacity of 165 megawatts.

Cyprus is bracing for a tough summer as dam levels continue to drop.

The Central Bank of Cyprus has upwardly revised its forecast for Cyprus’ GDP growth rate for 2025 by 0.1% to 3.2% compared to its December 2024 projections.

A World War II-era artillery shell has been discovered in the sea near Kalavarda on the Dodecanese island of Rhodes.

Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city in the northern part of the country, is 352 kilometers from the Bulgarian capital by train.

Combatting tax evasion in Greece should be combined with responsible public spending in order to be acceptable and therefore effective.

Greece is set to implement a credit scoring system for businesses and individuals, akin to those used by international rating agencies, to assess financial reliability for various transactions, including property rentals and business dealings.

Interest by wealthy foreigners, pensioners and employees for moving to Greece for tax purposes has prompted the tax administration to digitize and simplify procedures.

The electronic systems of the Greek stock market crashed on Monday due to increased demand.

Violent clashes broke out outside the Aristotelous Theater in Thessaloniki on Monday, leading to four arrests by police, after religious groups protested against a promotional poster for a performance of Greek comedian Christoforos Zaralikos.

Delays and mistakes come at a heavy price in politics. If, for example, justice had become faster and more efficient over the last six years, the investigation into the 2023 Tempe rail crash would have already been completed.

Greece always seems to be a small step away from becoming unmanageable or ungovernable. It may look like a normal European country from the outside, but in many ways it resembles Kifissias Avenue in the years of wasteful bliss.