Christos Gialias, known in the catering industry as he ran a business trading meat products, but also a factor in Greek football in professional and semi-professional teams, was attacked with a Kalashnikov while he was in his car, very close to his home in Mandra.

Farmers decided to escalate their protests following a nationwide meeting of blockade groups held in Nikaia, Larissa on Tuesday.
They will continue their struggle with roadblocks on national highways, as well as protests in cities. Additionally, they decided to hold a central demonstration in Athens with their tractors.

Greek students enrolling at private branches of foreign universities founded in Greece will be required to go through the Greek university entrance examination system and to meet some minimum requirements in order to be offered a place, Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis said on Wednesday.

The Greek trade deficit fell by 11.3% in December and by 20% in 2023, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Wednesday. More specifically, the value of imports totaled 6.307 billion euros in December, down 17.7% from the same month in 2022 (excluding oil products, imports fell 13.7%, while excluding oil products and ships, imports fell 14.2%). The value of exports totaled 3,702 billion euros in December, down 21.7% from December 2022 (excluding oil products, exports fell 20.9%, while excluding oil products and ships, exports fell 20.7%). The trade deficit was 2.605 billion euros in December, down 11.3% from December 2022 (excluding oil products, the deficit fell 2.9%, while excluding oil products and ships, it fell by 4.1%).

The value of imports totaled 81.966 billion euros in 2023, down 13.3% from 2022 (excluding oil products, imports fell 4.1%, and excluding oil products and ships, imports eased 3.9%). The value of exports fell 8.7% in 2023 totaling 50.920 billion euros (excluding oil products, exports fell 3%, and excluding oil products and ships, exports eased 3.2%). The trade deficit totaled 31.046 billion euros in 2023, down 20% from the previous year (excluding oil products, the deficit fell 5.5%, and excluding oil products and ships, the deficit fell 4.9%).