AEK beats Panathinaikos and rises to the top

AEK has risen to the top of the Super League table with its victory at the Athens derby over Panathinaikos on Sunday, after PAOK lost the Thessaloniki derby to visiting…

Reds lift season’s first trophy in Rhodes

Olympiakos won the domestic basketball season’s first trophy on Sunday as it lifted the Super Cup in Rhodes.…

Greek president to visit Cyprus next week

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou will be in Nicosia on Monday and Tuesday for an official visit scheduled to coincide with the anniversary of the Republic of Cyprus’ independence from British…

Wildfire rages in Corinth regional unit

A wildfire raging since Sunday morning in the Corinth regional unit is the largest of the 27 fires that broke out in forest and farmland areas across Greece over the…

Fragility fractures on the rise

Fragility fractures, often caused by a simple fall, are becoming a significant issue among Greece’s elderly population. Annually, about 100,000 fractures occur in those over 60, a number expected to…

Students struggle to find teachers on new platform

Greece’s new digital tutoring platform is having trouble getting teachers to offer their services 10 days after its launch.…

Firefighting forces reinforced as wildfire spreads in Corinthia

Firefighting forces have been reinforced to combat a wildfire that broke out Sunday morning in a forested area near Xylokastro, in Corinthia. …

Rescue operation underway for hiker in distress on Mount Olympus

A rescue operation is underway by members of the Hellenic Rescue Team (HRT) to assist a hiker in danger on Mount Olympus.…

Opening Nights | Athens | October 2-14

The Athens International Film Festival Opening Nights celebrates its 30th edition, introducing audiences to some of the best productions of the year.…

Thessaloniki to launch unified public transport ticketing system

Thessaloniki will implement a unified ticketing system for public transport, allowing tickets issued on buses to provide access to the metro and vice versa.…

Mitsotakis: Talking with Erdogan doesn’t mean we agree on everything

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated that Greece will not recognize Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus or compromise on its sovereignty after meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in New York. …

Where’s the scaffolding gone?

The volume of private construction activity has been decreasing, mainly in Attica, due to the complications created by the new Construction Code and reactions from a number of municipal authorities.…

Seven firefighting planes mobilized to battle fire in Corinthia

A wildfire broke out Sunday in Rozena near Xylokastro, Corinthia, in a remote area.…

Swedish tourist arrested in Hania for shop theft

A Swedish tourist was arrested Saturday in Hania, Crete for stealing from a souvenir shop.…

An ancient gift returned

Italian politician Alcide De Gasperi is seen holding his grandson Paolo, now 73, who returned a 5th-century BC Attic krater to Greece last week.…

Funding earmarked for Volos and Pilio businesses hit by 2023 floods

Government funding totaling between 3 and 4 million euros will be provided to businesses in the greater Volos area in southern Pilio and in Almyros, which were affected by the…

Israeli bulldozers flatten mile after mile in the West Bank

Over two weeks, Palestinians watched as Israeli military bulldozers tore up mile after mile of their streets and alleys, sewage seeping into the dusty ruts left behind.…

Infrastructure blueprint for Attica’s Megara area

Upgrading Megara Airport, constructing a new suburban railway and the restructuring of urban transport serving the western Attica area are among the top priorities at the Ministry of Infrastructure and…

A road map with blank spaces

The UN summit on the Pact for the Future was a success in that the overwhelming majority of 165 nations (with 143 in favor, 7 opposed and 15 abstentions) approved…

Air traffic in slowdown chaos

Significant delays in arrivals and departures were caused by a sudden slowdown called by air traffic controllers at Athens airport on Friday.…

Cartoon (28/09/2024)

The commuter’s lament

Trains overflowing with the city’s denizens and tourists. Buses clanking along as they shift from first to second gear or idling on streets bottle-necked by a crash up ahead, a…

A window onto the universe from Mt Psiloritis

We watch the car thermometer drop 10 degrees from 30 Celsius as we leave the village of Anogeia in central Crete as we make the climb to the Skinakas Observatory…

Arrests made in child crime cases

Two incidents over the weekend highlighted the alarming rise in crime and delinquency among minors that has been noted in the past few years. In a shocking case in Alexandroupoli,…

Airport arrivals rise 8% in January-August

Regional airports in general experienced a 6% expansion.…

Europeans, Arab, Muslim nations launch initiative for independent Palestinian state

European, Arab and Islamic nations have launched an initiative to strengthen support for a Palestinian state and its institutions, and prepare for a future after the war in Gaza and…

Crime boss reportedly captured in Dubai

Reports emerged on the weekend regarding the arrest of the Greek-Ukrainian crime boss known as “Entik,” in Dubai.…

Moderate quake recorded off southwestern Greece

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4 has struck southern Greece off the coast of the western Peloponnese. …