Despite the government’s, often boastful, claims that the Greek economy is on the right path citing datasheets and GDP growth, the reality for many Greeks does appear to align with these claims.
On August 29, 2024, a delegation of the Pan-Arcadian Federation consisting of, P. Benos President, P. Pagiotas General Secretary and Char. Athanasopoulos Treasurer, visited the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Kotsiras. They expressed their warm thanks to the Deputy Minister on behalf of the entire Board of Directors, for the support he provided to them through the General Secretariat of Hellenism Abroad and Public Diplomacy, in the organization of the Federation Pre-Conference. at the end of last May.
The Athens Medical Association (ISA) and the Hellenic Medical Society of Melbourne have renewed their partnership to boost medical tourism in Greece. In a meeting held at ISA’s headquarters, the presidents of both organisations discussed expanding scientific collaboration and launching joint initiatives to attract international patients.
A Greek truck driver has been shot and arrested by Turkish police at the Ipsala border station, authorities have said.
"I wouldn't be exaggerating when I say that the Thessaloniki metro will be a point of attraction for tourists in the city." stated the head of the Greece-Cyprus department of the Directorate-General for Regional Policy and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) of the European Commission, Carsten Rasmussen, in statements after his tour to the depot and the metro stations, an Elliniko Metro announcement said on Wednedsday. Rasmussen was toured by the general director of Elliniko Metro SA Nikos Kouretas.
There project of the electrical interconnection between Cyprus and Greece is not endangered, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis estimated in an interview with the "Parapolitika" radio station on Wednesday.
"Greece is determined that the project will continue normally," he emphasized.
On the island of Gavdos, which is the southernmost part of Europe, 4,014 migratory birds from 75 different species were ringed this year for the spring season.
A British couple who have visited the Greek island of Rhodes over 100 times has been awarded the municipality's highest honorary distinction, a platinum plaque.
A clearly improved climate is expected in Greece for the 4th quarter of 2024 according to the latest ManpowerGroup Hiring Outlook Survey.
Miss Lebanon, Maya Reidy, married Fehmi Karagoula in a lavish wedding held in Greece.
Λαρισσα τηις σθμμερ ςασ πλαγθεδ βυ α δελθγε οφ ροαψηεσ ανδ οτηερ ινσετψσ. Now there was an appearance this summer of the poisonous insect called Lithokeros in the city of Larissa.
The Bloomberg agency in an analysis presented Greece‘s handling of this year’s fires.
The 88th Thessaloniki International Fair got off to a strong start, with people flocking to the stands and participating in the varied events programme from the first day. These include the Music Events that begin on Sunday, with a performance by the Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes at 21:30 that visitors to the fair can watch for free, displaying their TIF admission ticket.
A little earlier at 21:00, an impressive Drone Light Show will light up the skies of Thessaloniki, in place of the fireworks display traditionally organised at TIF, with roughly 500 drones carrying an "aerial choreography" for 15 minutes.
Other highlights include CERN's participation at the AKADEMIA tribute in Pavilion 17, which includes a number of interactive activities, Germany's pavilion as the honoured country, the Volkswagen Beetle parade and the Treasure Hunt, with more than 1,000 small and larger gifts for visitors and the food festivals organised by Greek regions at Pavilion 6.
Greece in 2027 will be nothing like Greece in 2010 and the country will never return to a reality of big deficits, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday, during the customary press conference given by the prime minister each year at the Thessaloniki International Fair. Replying to a question put to him at the 88th TIF about the government's goals for the next three years and whether Greece will be in a position to lift memorandum measures, he said comparisons with the pre-crisis years were a mistake.