Strong buying interest and a large number of multi-million sales for off-plan or substandard plots on popular islands and in the Peloponnese are raising eyebrows, as villas of hundreds of square meters are being built despite urban planning restrictions.
More than five months after Iranian soldiers captured the Greek-owned tankers Prudent Warrior and Delta Poseidon in the Persian Gulf, in retaliation for the Greek authorities’ seizure, at the request of the US, of Iranian tanker Lana, the two ships remain under the watch of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards at Bandar Abbas port.
Hellenic Air Force maintenance staff park a T-6 single-engine turboprop training aircraft at an airbase outside the southern Greek city of Kalamata.
The amount of 84.17 million euros that the Grimaldi shipping group has pledged for the acquisition of a controlling stake in the Igoumenitsa Port Authority has made an impression, with some observers even branding it a record, at the tender by state asset fund TAIPED.
Preparations continue for the Olympic Yacht Show, which will open its gates for the second year from October 7 to 10 at Olympic Marine, in Lavrio, southeast Attica.
Greeks seem to be cutting down on one of their most beloved habits, that of enjoying a coffee at an outdoor cafe.
The tax administration is planning to uncover undeclared swimming pools across Greece with the use of aerial photographs taken by Google Maps and the electronic cross-checking of the findings with the data from the land register and the E9 tax form.
The “miracles” that have supposedly taken place in the chapel in recent years and posted on social media have attracted hundreds of worshippers wishing to be “cured” of various diseases.
Besides relying on state energy bill subsidies, there are three solutions households can resort to for cutting down on their energy costs.
Greece is preparing for every scenario concerning Russian gas, putting its power system through a stress test.
Greece’s large dairy firms are tackling the new crisis the sector is facing through further growth, either in the dairy sector or in other food categories – or both.
The village of Avato, in Xanthi, northeastern Greece, is home to a roughly 200-strong Afro-Greek community whose ancestors are believed to have come here from Sudan during Ottoman rule.
The eurozone is already in a minor recession because of the climbing energy prices, UBS analysts believe, estimating that, overall, eurozone economies will shrink 0.1% in the third quarter and an additional 0.2% in the fourth.
Debt collection agencies will start selling back to the banks portfolios of distressed loans that have been put back on a payment schedule.
Auctions on properties of tax dodgers and other debtors of the state, frozen since before the pandemic, resume on September 19.
The National Meteorological Service has forecast some respite from the heat as of Saturday, with temperatures dropping below the 40 Celsius mark, particularly in the western and northern parts of the country, where local rainfall is likely.
The Municipality of Paros has lodged a complaint with the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (DEDDIE), complaining that constant, prolonged and unpredictable power blackouts are harming the popular Cycladic island’s tourism industry.
