In a few years’ time, Athens International Airport will have doubled its buildings.

Police in Athens said they detained 61 people, of whom seven were subsequently arrested, during clashes that broke out outside Parliament, during a censure motion debate against the government over its handling of the Tempe rail disaster two years ago.

A new electronic patient tracking system is set to debut this month at Evangelismos Hospital in Athens, with plans to expand to 12 more emergency departments across Greece by summer, officials announced.

Former deputy minister Christos Triantopoulos dismissed opposition allegations that he coordinated government efforts that essentially entailed evidence tampering at the site of the deadly Tempe train crash in 2023 as “fake news.”

The German-Greek Chamber of Commerce and Industry has signed a cooperation protocol with the MBA International program of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), aimed at strengthening business and academic and research ties between Greece and Germany. 

Greece’s Eurobank group aims to create the largest bank in Cyprus with total assets of 28 billion euros through the acquisition of Hellenic Bank and its merger with Eurobank Cyprus.

On Wednesday and Thursday, the Competition Commission conducted an unannounced on-site inspection of activities in the coastal shipping sector, in the sector of maritime transport services for passengers, cars and trucks, and at associations of undertakings. 

Rural Development and Food Minister Kostas Tsiaras said on Friday that the survival and development of the agricultural sector is not a matter for party politics. 

Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni highlighted Greece’s potential as a reference center for assisted reproduction, as well as the strategic actions that have been taken to strengthen medical tourism, during her welcome speech at the 4th Panhellenic Symposium on Assisted Reproduction, with the participation of leading scientists and professionals in the sector. 

Clashes broke out in Greece’s two largest cities Friday, as protesters hurled gasoline bombs and flares outside parliament.

The Parliament rejected the no confidence motion jointly submitted by four opposition parties, 157-136, late Friday.

The Canadian rating agency announced on Friday it has upgraded Greece’s sovereign credit rating one notch to ‘BBB’ and maintained a stable outlook for the country’s rating.  

A 55-year-old man accused of attempting to burn his estranged wife alive in the city of Serres in northern Greece was ordered into pretrial detention after testifying before judicial authorities on Friday.

Olympiakos remains the runaway leader of the Euroleague table and Panathinaikos is now alone in third after the two Greek teams’ home wins.

The contract for the Ellinikon Mall on behalf of Lamda Development is, according to information, being sought by Avax, GEK Terna and METKA.

This spring the 8th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum (PSTF 2025) is set to bring together an elite assembly of global cruise industry leaders in Iraklio.

A court has set April 2 as the trial date for Filistor Destempasidis and Maria Marangeli, former protected witnesses in the Novartis bribery case, now facing charges of perjury and false accusations.

At the start of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ speech in Parliament, during the debate on a no-confidence motion over the government’s handling of the Tempe disaster, protesters in the visitors’ gallery threw flyers and loudly chanted “guilty,” briefly disrupting the session.

The week ended with a mixed picture on the Greek bourse.