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Pollution knocks a year of life expectancy in Europe- 20% of European city-dwellers are breathing polluted air

The investigation, overseen by Supreme Court Deputy Chief Prosecutor Achilleas Zisis, has reached a critical juncture, with explanations demanded from the accused regarding their alleged involvement with companies implicated in the phone taps

They estimate the current potential GDP growth around 3%, supported by robust private sector finances and a stable public sector budget, which helps keep borrowing costs in check.

The average overall Industrial Production Index for the period from January to May 2024 recorded an increase of 5.8% compared with the average IPI of the period from January to May 2023.

Short-term rentals have sparked debate within Greek society due to their perceived benefits and disadvantages

Justice for one of Greece’s deadliest fires in 2018 remains elusive as the appeal trial which opened on Monday has been pushed back to July 16.

Greece performed excpetionally according to the biannual EY Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI), a report that assesses the investment and deployment opportunities in 40 of the world’s top markets

It was up by 2.3% compared to June of 2023, according to preliminary figures by the country’s statistical authority ELSTAT

Le Figaro: Eastern Aegean island chain has also inaugurated a modern system to monitor precious water resources

In 2023, Greece's fish farms produced 685 million euros worth of fish and exported 80% of it to 37 countries

The study shows that, out of 15 European countries, Greece has the highest level of gender inequality in the division of household chores, with mothers doing 82% of all the hosework

Temperatures will reach as high as 40 degrees Celsius, and the country is on high alert for fires

With unemployment at 10.6% as of May, the task ahead is to decrease unemployment below 10% by fostering stable, quality job positions, crucial for maintaining triennial bonuses on minimum wages.

Archaeologists brought to light a portion of the ship’s hull preserved in excellent condition still in its original position from when the vessel sank in the first century B.C.

The celebrated Antikythera shipwreck, named after the small southwest Aegean isle in whose waters the eponymous artifact-cum-ancient-mechanism was discovered, continues to yield significant archaeological finds from the sunken vessel. The latest underwater expedition, conducted in May and June this year by the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece and the Greek Culture Ministry’s Ephorate of Underwater […]

Continuously rising temperatures that have plagued Greece during the ongoing summer season, with meteorologists declaring last month’s heat wave the earliest on record, are now being accompanied by the threat of drought. According to the EU Commission’s European Drought Observatory (EDO), “warning drought conditions” have been declared for most of Greece—along with eastern Spain, most […]

Motor Oil, a petroleum industry company based in Greece focusing on oil refining and trading, is scheduled to hold an extraordinary meeting on July 17 to approve the acquisition

The new way of doling out fines for traffic violations will start on a pilot basis in Athens and Thessaloniki before being rolled out through all of Greece

Greece's PM has opened discussions to examine the prospects of small modular nuclear reactors in the country