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According to the latest data from Greece’s Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), job openings soared to a record high of 70,826 positions in the first quarter of 2024, marking a remarkable 115.6% annual increase.

Hot air masses are coming in from Africa and the Central Mediterranean making temperatures even hotter for Greece starting Wednesday through Friday. Temperatures are expected to peak in mainland Greece, mainly in the western, central and northern regions, on Wednesday and Thursday reaching 43 degrees. Coastal areas are going to be 2 to 4 degrees […]

The Slovak Man went missing on imposing Mt. Mitsikeli, reportedly over the past few days

Greece’s Civil Protection authority has issued a high fire risk for the coming days as an extended heatwave continues.

A new wave of arrests involve suspects charged with running an extortion ring aimed at businesses, replete with bombings, arson, assault and drug trafficking

Businesses failing to comply face fines of 2,000 euros per employee, as enforced by Labor Inspection.

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The urgent discussion comes as the government grapples with a dramatic "price hike rally" in electricity costs, which saw the price of a megawatt-hour skyrocket by 200% in just one week.

Major risk of wildfires in several prefectures and islands around the country, including around the greater Athens area

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, along with central government, regional authority and local office-holders, attends signing ceremony for landmark urban walk quality-of-life project

Army NCOs are required to standby for the needs of the Evzone Guard

The surge in electricity demand during the heat wave and the power deficit in Balkan markets have driven up prices in the Greek wholesale electricity market.

The archaeological museum on the northeast Aegean island of Samothrace, where the eponymous Winged Victory or Nike of Samothrace was discovered in the mid-19th century, was reopened this month, renovated and upgraded. Considered one of the most remote islands in the Aegean due to its distance from major Greek mainland ports and lack of an […]

The 20-year-old man, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot and killed by a Secret Service sniper shortly after opening fire

One drone was downed, while the rest were repelled from a maritime region in the Gulf of Aden

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'Through me no you have a voice for the future of Europe,' Fidias Panayiotou says in a video, on whether or not to support Ursula Von der Leyen's Commission president re-election

According to the study, 80% of the population in 2021 (8.39 million) was concentrated in 277 municipalities, covering a mere 25.2% of the total area of Greece

Scientists anticipate the current wave to last until the end of July, and another one to arrive in late August to early September

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