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Fire fighters are battling a massive forest fire in the Pierian Mountains in Northern Greece which broke out on Sunday morning and continues to burn for a third consecutive day

The Modernization Fund was established to support EU member states with a GDP per capita below 60% of the EU average in achieving the goals of decarbonization and transitioning to a zero-emission economy

Under the sharp scrutiny of investigative and regulatory agencies in Cyprus lie the shareholders of Intellexa, a notorious player in the production and distribution of surveillance software, notably the spyware Predator. The Intellexa’s operations have drawn the attention of American authorities, while, in a parallel investigation spanning the last two years, the Greek justice system […]

Even the winners had not expected such a clear victory. There is absolutely no doubt: the big winners are the opposition forces led by the new and old mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The equally clear loser is President Erdogan. He had set all his forces in motion to win the municipal elections and failed […]

Repairs come two months after initial reports erroneously claimed it had been again targeted by vandals

Greece's central banker also said high market prices in the country bely a problem with competitiveness

An undersea volcanic eruption in 726 AD island off the island of Santorini (ancient Thira) is now believed to have been more powerful than originally thought. According to an article in Nature Geoscience, researchers headed by University of Hamburg professor Jonas Preine discovered underwater pumice deposits at depths of up to 160 meters in the […]

The National Archaeological Museum this week unveiled an exceptional stele – an upright stone slab depicting twin infants – as part of its successful “Unseen Museum” exhibition project, which showcases rarely seen artifacts from its voluminous vaults. According to an announcement by Greece’s largest and most prestigious museum, the marble fragment undoubtedly formed part of […]

The Greek Ministry of Health plans to make a colon cancer self-diagnostic test available aspart of its free preventive screening program

A moderate earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale was recorded at 12:38 a.m. (10.38 GMT) on Sunday, southeast of the large island of Crete, in the east-central Mediterranean. According to a revised reading by the Geodynamic Institute of the Athens Observatory, the tremor was measured at 68 kilometers southeast of the Goudoura site of […]

Get ready to lose some sleep, because Daylight Savings Time is set to kick in in the wee hours on Sunday, fast forwarding the clock from 3 am to 4 am. According to Live Science, the reason Sunday has been designated for the occasion is because it is a slower day for most people, which […]

The 5.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 9:12 a.m. in a sea region off the harbor town of Pylos, and felt as far away as Athens

New Democracy announced a list of MEP Candidates last week

The excavations revealed a section of a marble-paved road with a coin (bronze follis) of Byzantine Emperor Leo VI (886-912) on its surface.

This bout of hot and dusty weather has meteorologists commenting on unseasonal temperatures and doctors warning of respiratory issues

Greece's recently launched digital work card aimed at tackling undeclared labor has already started to produce results, said Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis.

This projection is based on the understanding that certain factors that hindered growth in the latter part of the preceding year, such as flood-related agricultural losses, abrupt adjustments in housing investments, and postponed public projects, were temporary setbacks.

The law aims to improve the investigation and prosecution of environmental crime, to define new types of criminal offenses, and to harmonize penalties to individuals and legal persons

The European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) will establish a common framework for media services in the EU’s internal market and introduce measures to protect journalists and media providers from political interference,