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EU Commissioner Iliana Ivanova conveyed Brussels' positive views on landmark legislation in reply to tabled question by two Communist Party MEPs

Greek authorities have launched inspections ahead of the summer season aiming to crack down on beach access violations with fines reaching up to 60,000 euros.

Measures based on World Bank study

Upon completion of the process, citizens are notified via email and SMS. Additionally, the declaration is sent to the citizen's personal Mailbox on gov.gr and carries the authentication features of gov.gr.

"We want to make wage employment more attractive by giving employers the opportunity to offer the best possible salaries," Minister Domna Michailidou told Athens chamber board members

The Commission has approved an investment of more than €10 million from the Cohesion Fund for the refurbishment of 14 trains part of the Athens metro line, specifically line 1 running from the area of Piraeus to Kifissia. The investment kick-starts the first ‘circular economy’ project in Athens, bringing new life to outdated trains and ensuring that existing materials are recycled, […]

As part of its initiatives, the Ministry of Education is introducing tougher measures and launching a digital platform for reporting school bullying incidents.

Users of the app will be able to input their shopping list into ‘e-Consumer’(e-katanalotis), and the platform then showcases 10-12 stores where the listed products are available, presenting the most cost-effective options for each item.

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The resolution reached by the Greek Council of State (CoS) and the legal right it creates for victims to ask and be told why they were targeted for wire tapping

Greece will be sunny with clear skies in most of the country, with the chance of clouds and rain in the Dodecanese islands and Crete

Another eight executives and high-ranking staff members of the the infrastructure affiliate of state-run Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) have been freed on hefty bonds

Basic food costs and other staple products like bottled water, soft drinks, and fruit juices witnessed an increase of 13.8%, and fruits were up by 12.3%

Greece is ready to welcome millions of tourists this year but businesses are still struggling to find staff. To Vima speaks with stakeholders about what needs to be done.

The survey carried out by the National Technical University of Athens on behalf of Visa which examined the Greek preferences regarding digital payments in Public Transportation

At least 26 areas in Attica can be described as "ticking time-bombs" with immediate action required to mitigate the fire hazards

Down the decades, on April 8 Japanese celebrate Buddha's birthday, Margaret Thatcher dies, AIDS national symbol Ryan White dies, the Twin Peaks premiers, the Seventeenth Amendment of the US constitution is ratified and  France and the UK sign the Entente cordiale

Numerous high temperature records were broken in Greece over the first three months of the year, while the 2023-24 winter was the warmest on record for the country, according to preliminary data released by the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). When researchers at the meteo.gr service processed the data, it revealed that the temperatures […]

Greece will be mostly sunny, albeit a bit cooler than last week due to northerly winds

The suspect, Thanassis K., was remanded to Korydallos Prison’s psychiatric ward after his arraignment. He was transported to a hospital ICU