Greece Among Top Destination Wedding Hotspots, Generating €2.5B Annually
Greece is a top destination wedding hotspot, generating up to €2.5 billion annually and enchanting couples with its sun, sea, and timeless charm.
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DEI & Project PARALIES: Five Years Protecting Greece’s Coastlines
DEI & Project PARALIES mark five years of protecting Greek coastlines, with 58 beach clean-ups across Rhodes collecting nearly 300kg of waste.
Back to School 2026 at Plaisio: Everything Ready for the Big Return!
Plaisio’s Back to School 2026 campaign has everything covered — school bags, books, tech, furniture, and exclusive deals to start the year right.
Greece weather: temperatures soar as new mini heatwave approaches
Greece braces for a new mini heatwave as temperatures climb to 37°C. Local showers and thunderstorms expected in parts of the country mid-week.
At least six school trips a year for primary schools: what the new framework provides
Greece’s new school trip framework mandates at least six excursions per year for primary schools, with stronger safety rules and lower participation thresholds.
Mitsotakis Faces Double Pressure: Turkish Provocations and Opposition Attacks
Greece faces a double crisis: Turkish airspace violations in the Aegean and domestic pressure over Mitsotakis’s “calm waters” foreign policy strategy.
SYRIZA shakeup: Dourou expels Kasimati, ultimatum issued to Gerovassili
SYRIZA’s Rena Dourou expels Nina Kasimati and issues an ultimatum to Olga Gerovassili to surrender her seat as the party moves to rebuild.
Mitsotakis: “Reducing public debt is a national achievement”
Greek PM Mitsotakis hails €13 billion early debt repayment as a national achievement, promising to cut Greece’s debt-to-GDP ratio below 110% by 2031.
Student housing costs in Rethymno: The rent battle facing first-year students
Student rents in Rethymno are soaring — with decent apartments starting at €350–€400/month. Here’s what first-year students are really facing.
Greece mourns Konstantinos Tsoukalas, towering academic and sociologist, dead at 89
Grief swept through Greek political and intellectual circles following the death of academic Konstantinos Tsoukalas, who passed away in the early hours of Tuesday (18/08) at the age of 89. Greece’s political world united in…
Iran fires back at Trump’s Strait of Hormuz claim: “Delusions of a deranged man begging for talks”
Iran’s Foreign Ministry blasts Trump’s Strait of Hormuz map as “delusions of a deranged man,” warning Tehran will forcibly correct his stance.
“Black hole star” shines from deep space: As big as our solar system
Scientists discover a “black hole star” as large as our solar system, glowing red from the early universe — spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope.
Albanian Tourist Murder: Portuguese Man Stabbed to Death in Ksamil Resort
A 20-year-old Portuguese tourist was stabbed to death at a Ksamil resort in Albania. The suspect was found hiding in a car trunk alongside two Turkish nationals.
Unemployed man threatens Greek employment agency staff with shotgun, arrested
An unemployed man threatened Greek employment agency staff with a shotgun over an undelivered benefit card. He was arrested after a criminal complaint was filed.
Salamina fire: 22 buildings inspected, five deemed unsafe
Five buildings in Salamina declared unsafe after wildfire, as 427 inspections are completed across Greece and state aid procedures fast-tracked.
Sifnos helicopter crash: new images of charred wreckage (Video)
New footage and images reveal the charred wreckage of a Bell 206 helicopter that crashed on the Greek island of Sifnos, killing all three on board.
Galibaaf: Strait of Hormuz to stay closed until US fulfills commitments
Iran’s Galibaaf says the Strait of Hormuz will stay closed until the US lifts sanctions, unfreezes assets, and ends military operations.
IVF Clinic Scandal: British Patients Misled Over Donors in Northern Cyprus
A BBC investigation exposes how at least 30 British-born IVF children may have been conceived using wrong donors at a Northern Cyprus fertility clinic.
Iran’s foreign minister: “We won the war and the diplomacy”
Iran’s FM Araghchi declares victory in war and diplomacy, claiming the US is now negotiating on Tehran’s terms in a stunning reversal of position.
Trump claims Strait of Hormuz as “US Territory” after Iran’s threat
Trump sparks new tensions with Iran by posting a map claiming the Strait of Hormuz as “New US Territory,” hours after Tehran threatened to “break his legs.”