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13.01.2025 / 07:20

Insurers decry inflated hospital bills

EVGENIA TZORTZI

Greek health insurers report significant financial losses due to inflated charges by private hospitals, despite sharp increases in premiums.

13.01.2025 / 04:00

Cyprus targets more tourism markets

NEWSROOM

Cyprus will be technically ready to join the Schengen area within 2025, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides told a conference.

12.01.2025 / 23:02

Youngster Kostoulas turns things around for Olympiakos

GEORGE GEORGAKOPOULOS

Olympiakos has extended its lead at the top of the Super League table through its come-from-behind win over Aris.

12.01.2025 / 21:45

‘Trump is the best president in economics’

ATHANASIOS KATSIKIDIS

Revenues fall when taxes increase and extended tax cuts lead to lower revenues. This delicate balance between the two tax extremes and the ideal tax rate that maximizes government revenue is described in the famous theorem known as the “Laffer curve” by Ronald Reagan’s chief economic adviser, Dr Arthur Laffer.

12.01.2025 / 20:12

‘This is Greece!,’ Costas Simitis’ rallying cry

NIKOS KONSTANDARAS

One of the late Costas Simitis’s most memorable comments, “This is Greece!,” was made in Parliament a few days after the passenger ferry Express Samina sank off Paros, with the loss of 81 lives, on 26 September 2000.

12.01.2025 / 19:49

The PM who queued for the cinema

KEVIN FEATHERSTONE

Costas Simitis was the antidote to much that preceded him in Greek politics. He was the antithesis of the populism and the melodramatic conflicts that had sometimes gone before him.

12.01.2025 / 19:32

Riding scooters in Athens

YIANNIS SKORDAS

Electric scooters are back in force, but safety concerns and the sight of abandoned shared vehicles on sidewalks and crosswalks are causing growing concern.

12.01.2025 / 18:16

Τhe United States at a crossroads

JOHN MAZIS

In a few days Donald Trump will become, again, president of the United States. As the elections revealed, about half of the voters are eager for that day to come, while the other half dread the occasion.

12.01.2025 / 17:03

Falling tree kills man in Crete

NEWSROOM

A 43-year-old Cretan man has been killed by a falling tree.

12.01.2025 / 15:37

60 arrested in Thessaloniki drug raids

NEWSROOM

A total of 60 people were arrested over the past six days for drug possession and trafficking in various areas of the city.

12.01.2025 / 15:11

Greek frigate joins European mission in Red Sea

NEWSROOM

The Hellenic Navy frigate Hydra is currently in the Red Sea, joining the European mission “Shields” to safeguard maritime navigation in the region.

12.01.2025 / 14:59

Northern Greece braces for severe weather; school closures, snow chains ordered

NEWSROOM

The Hellenic National Meteorological Service has updated its severe weather bulletin. Heavy rain, strong storms, and snow are expected in northern Greece over the next few hours.

12.01.2025 / 14:42

Pasa makarouna, Kos’ unique take on lasagne

EVI VOUTSINA

A traditional recipe from the island of Kos in the Dodecanese by the late Greek gastronomy researcher Evi Voutsina.

12.01.2025 / 12:51

Three police officers detained for failing to arrest drunk driver

NEWSROOM

A prosecutor has ordered 3 police officers who failed to arrest a drunk driver before he caused a fatal accident in Crete detained.

12.01.2025 / 12:37

Mitsotakis outlines 18 tax reductions and 7 income support measures

NEWSROOM

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis resumed his weekly government update, outlining the government’s key measures, including tax reductions, support for low-income pensioners and disposable income increase.