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- Bike race to shut down central Athens on Sunday…by Newsroom on June 6, 2026 at 5:03 am
Traffic restrictions will be in effect in downtown Athens from 8 a.m. to noon on Sunday for the Run Bike Care event, which includes a 10k and a 5k circuit.
- Greece given green light for early repayment of…by Newsroom on June 6, 2026 at 2:21 am
The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) on Friday gave Greece the green light to proceed with the early repayment of part of the loans from the first bailout program, amounting to €6.95 billion.
- Cyprus faces EU legal action on RES permitsby Newsroom on June 6, 2026 at 1:00 am
Brussels determined Cyprus has not fully incorporated key parts of the revised Renewable Energy Directive into national legislation.
- Cyprus Airways announces cooperation with soccer…by Newsroom on June 6, 2026 at 12:32 am
Cyprus Airways has announced its cooperation with Andrea Pirlo, an internationally recognized soccer player and coach, as the airline’s new official brand ambassador. Pirlo is currently coaching in Dubai.
- ONEX Shipyards proposes US-EU alliance on…by Newsroom on June 5, 2026 at 10:17 pm
Panos Xenokostas, chairman and CEO of ONEX Shipyards & Technologies and president of the Hellenic Shipyards Association, proposed the creation of a new transatlantic cooperation framework between Europe and the US aimed at rebuilding the Western shipbuilding industry, developing advanced […]
- The growing teacher shortageby Editorial on June 5, 2026 at 8:18 pm
Greece’s education system is facing more than just the challenges of demographic decline and shrinking student enrollment.
- Kafka after midnight: A basement, a flashlight, a…by Xenia Georgiadou on June 5, 2026 at 7:42 pm
Just before midnight on May 30, readers descended into the basement of the Monocle bookshop for an unusual encounter with Franz Kafka.
- Embassy of Georgia celebrates 30 years in Athensby Newsroom on June 5, 2026 at 7:16 pm
Cultural relations between Greece and Georgia date from the myth of Prometheus, chained on the Caucasus Mountains and the seeking of the Golden Fleece by Jason and the Argonauts aboard Argo.
- Avoiding crowded destinationsby Ilias Bellos on June 5, 2026 at 6:59 pm
The behavior of European travelers is changing, directly affecting both the preferred vacation periods and the selected destinations.
- Hellenic Air Force deploys fighter jets for major…by Stavros Ioannidis on June 5, 2026 at 6:48 pm
The Hellenic Air Force is preparing for one of its largest deployments in recent years, with fighter jets and support aircraft relocating across northern and southern Europe for NATO’s Ramstein Flag 26 (RAFL) exercise.
- British hiker rescued on Mt Olympusby Newsroom on June 5, 2026 at 6:43 pm
A British hiker who required help after being injured on Mount Olympus, Greece’s highest mountain, was rescued Friday.
- Real-time wildfire monitoring system enhancedby Giorgos Lialios on June 5, 2026 at 6:30 pm
Athens’ National Observatory has upgraded FireHUB, a fire prevention, management and monitoring system that helps authorities detect and track wildfires and predict how they will develop in real time.
- Considerable hikes in lifelong health insurance…by Evgenia Tzortzi on June 5, 2026 at 6:14 pm
In anticipation of the ELSTAT index for the adjustment of tahe cost of health insurance contracts, pending since 2025, insurers are introducing large hikes on premiums, mainly in lifelong plans.
- ATHEX: Week of drop ended with a daily advanceby Newsroom on June 5, 2026 at 6:09 pm
The local bourse closed for the weekend before Wall Street saw its indexes plummet due to pressure on technology stocks.
- 14 more suspects charged over EU farm subsidy…by Newsroom on June 5, 2026 at 5:56 pm
European prosecutors on Friday brought criminal charges against another 14 people suspected of belonging to a gang in central and northern Greece that engaged in alleged fraud involving European Union farm subsidies.
- Lemon grove planted in central Athensby Newsroom on June 5, 2026 at 5:26 pm
A grove of 50 young lemon trees has been planted in the capital’s central district of Koukaki to mark Friday’s United Nations-designated World Environment Day, the City of Athens said.
- Will the second time be different?by Nikos Konstandaras on June 5, 2026 at 5:09 pm
Alexis Tsipras is not the first former protagonist of our political scene who made a comeback, hoping to persuade citizens that this time around will be (even) better than the previous one.
- Giorgos Souflias, former minister and ND…by Newsroom on June 5, 2026 at 5:08 pm
Giorgos Souflias, a former minister in conservative New Democracy governments led by Konstantinos Mitsotakis and Konstantinos Karamanlis, and once a contender for the party leadership, has died at the age of 85.
- Man, 86, held for murder of brother, 82by Newsroom on June 5, 2026 at 4:39 pm
An 86-year-old man has been arrested in central Greece on suspicion of fatally shooting his younger brother, also in his eighties, with a shotgun, authorities said Friday.
- Greece braces for summer migrant surgeby Stavros Papantoniou on June 5, 2026 at 4:16 pm
The government is preparing for a possible 20% increase in migrant arrivals this summer, with contingency plans for a larger surge linked to the civil war in Sudan and the movement of Bangladeshi nationals through Egypt and Libya before reaching the Mediterranean.


















