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Specifically, the minister announced a cruise passenger levy of 20 euros per person disembarking at the ports of Mykonos and Santorini, and 5 euros at other Greek ports, applicable from June 1 to Sept. 30.

For 2024, the growth rate of the Greek economy is now expected to reach 2.14%, up from the previous estimate of 2.09%.

In his letter, the French politician openly accused Ursula von der Leyen of personally requesting that France withdraw his candidacy for the European College of Commissioners

Athens awaits the much anticipated response from the Cypriot government regarding the Great Sea Interconnector project, which involves a power cable linking the grids of Greece, Cyprus and Israel, paving the way for the energy interconnection of the three countries, this week. Cyprus’ decision will regard an agreement draft that was finalized on September 10 […]

Angeliki Dimitriadi, Senior Research Fellow at ELIAMEP, argues that Germany's border policy is driven by political concerns but also aims to curb secondary migration and reduce refugee benefits.

The latest official figures by the Bank of Greece (BoG) confirm that residential rents continue to rise throughout Greece, with the northern metropolis of Thessaloniki leading the way with an average 9.1% increase year-on-year in the cost of registered residential leases in the first quarter of the year. The figures hold more weight than similar […]

The village that has re-emerged, with the receding water, once had seven shops, serving a bustling community.

Germany finds itself once again at the center of controversy. Berlin’s decision to introduce temporary border controls to combat illegal migration has sparked widespread criticism. The pushback is not only from human rights activists advocating for refugees, who are increasingly on the defensive, but also from the highest political levels, including the governments of Austria, […]

The Greek government, as noted by the Financial Times, provided 50 billion euros to the country’s four largest banks during its prolonged debt crisis.

Traffic police have diverted vehicles away from the area surrounding Syntagma Square rerouting traffic at the intersections of Vasilissis Sofias and Sekeri Streets, as well as Amalias Avenue and Athanasiou Diakou Street.

Moody’s is the last of the major credit rating firms not to have upgraded the Greek economy to 'investment grade', retaining the Ba1 rating - a notch below

Conversely, among the popular island destinations, Mykonos was the only airport to report a decline, 

Since early 2024, average maximum monthly temperatures have reached the upper limits of the 2013-2023 period, while annual rainfall for 2023 and 2024 remains notably low.

Greece fears other countries could follow the lead of Germany and start implementing a similar deportation policy for asylum seekers

The primary difference in talks between Greece and Cyprus over Great Sea Interconnector project appears to be cost-sharing

The recovered items included tomb artifacts dating to the archaic, classical, and Hellenistic periods (500–150 BC)

The new strain, called XEC, has already caused the largest wave of cases in the U.S. in two years and is just starting in Europe. No cases have been recorded yet in Greece.