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Kalamata Airport’s 40-Year Concession Comes With a Tailored Tax Regime
Greek Law 5323/2026. Management of the airport is being transferred to an investment consortium comprising Fraport, Delta Airport Investments and Pileas Holdings.
Greek Schools Face Teacher Shortages and Class Mergers as New Year Begins
Unions are demanding that all vacancies be filled immediately, class sizes reduced, special-education support expanded and state funding for school infrastructure increased.
Athens Retailers Sound Alarm as Summer Sales Slump Deepens
Retailers point to persistent cost-of-living pressures as a major factor.
One in Three Foreign Homebuyers Is Looking to Settle Permanently in Greece
Greece has also sought to attract foreign retirees through tax incentives.
Mitsotakis Government Adopts Samaras’s Tougher Turkey Rhetoric—Only After the Warning Signs Mount
After years of defending “calm waters” with Turkey as a diplomatic achievement, the government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is adopting a markedly tougher vocabulary—one that increasingly resembles the warnings issued by former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.
After Digitizing Public Services, Greece Turns to the Data Beneath Them
Greece invests millions to organize and secure public-sector data.
The Abbess, the Solar Farm and a Church Schism in Rural Greece
The dispute centers on the Monastery of Panagia Koutsouriotissa in Dorida, central Greece.
Greece’s University Reform Runs Into a Crisis of Its Own Making
Greece’s ambitious opening of higher education to nonstate universities was promoted by the government as a landmark modernization.
Greece’s Water Problem Is Also a Governance Problem
Greece’s new national water strategy makes an unusually candid admission: The country’s growing water problem isn’t simply about having too little water. It is also about how the state manages what it has.
Greece Swelters Under 42°C Heat as Relief Remains Days Away
Greece is enduring one of the hottest days of its late summer Sunday, Aug. 23, with temperatures forecast to exceed 40°C across parts of the mainland and potentially reach 42°C in the hardest-hit areas.
Greece’s Tourism Boom Hits a Spending Speed Bump
The weakness was particularly visible among some of Greece’s largest tourism markets.
Greek Power Prices Surge 68% as Heat and Gas Costs Squeeze Energy Market
Renewed pressure on European energy markets.
From 482 Gyros in 1985 to 165 in 2026: How Greece’s Minimum Wage Lost Purchasing Power
The index climbed to 597 gyros a month in 1998.
Greece’s Student Housing Crunch: Tiny Apartments Command Up to €600 a Month
The squeeze is particularly acute in Athens and Thessaloniki, where thousands of students and their families are searching for apartments ahead of the new academic year.
Greece Moves to Block ‘Energy Tourists’ From Switching Power Suppliers With Unpaid Bills
The measure introduces a debt-flagging system to Greece’s retail electricity market for the first time.
Turkey Revives Aegean Claims as Greece Moves Ahead With Renewable Energy
Greece considers the sovereignty of its islands and islets to be established by international treaties and regards Turkey’s recurring references to so-called “gray zones” as lacking a basis in international law.
Ice Cream: Greece Accounts for Just 1.67% of European Production in an €8.13 Billion Market
Across the European Union, ice-cream production reached 3.44 billion liters in 2025.
Greek Court Rejects Bid to Restore Public-Sector Holiday Bonuses
The Greek court relied on a November 2025 judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning the minimum-wage directive.
Greece Wants to Fix Housing. It Could Tilt the Playing Field for Developers
At least 30% of the resulting housing would remain under the control of the contracting public authority for social rental.
Greek Island Home Prices Keep Rising as Buyers Look Beyond Mykonos
Across the Aegean islands, average asking prices reached €2,941 a square meter, up 5.9% from a year earlier.
Own a Boat Longer Than Five Meters in Greece? A Tax Ruling Shows Why Every Centimeter Counts
Under the rules cited by the Dispute Resolution Directorate, privately used recreational vessels longer than five meters are subject to Greece’s luxury living tax.
Kosher Made in Greece: A $66 Billion Market - and an Opening for Greek Food Exports
For a Greek food company able to secure the right certification, that makes kosher less a bet on a single country than a potential passport into a network of international markets.
Greece Near Bottom of EU in Education Spending, at Just 3.3% of GDP
For every €100 of economic output, Greece devoted the equivalent of €3.30 to public education spending.
Greece’s €2 Billion Delivery Habit Is Reshaping How the Country Eats - and Shops
As digital orders reach record scale, officially recorded restaurant revenue is moving in the opposite direction.
Embassy of Israel to Dnews: Pninat Yanai Does Not Know Tal Dilian
The Embassy of Israel has issued an immediate response to a comment published today in Dnews’ “Pliroforiodotis” column under the headline “Does Pninat Yanai Know Tal Dilian?”, as well as to a report published by our English-language edition under the headline “Israel’s New Ambassador to Greece Has a Past in the Spyware Business.”
Greece Borrows More Cheaply Than Italy as Debt Paydown Accelerates
Greece’s benchmark 10-year bond yielded 3.866% on Aug. 17, compared with 3.982% for Italy, according to Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency, citing Bloomberg data. At five years, Greek debt yielded 3.241%, against 3.361% for Italy.
Israel’s New Ambassador to Greece Has a Past in the Spyware Business
Yanai’s connection to that industry predates the Greek scandal by years.
Greece’s Demographic Clock Is Ticking Faster
The latest Eurostat data show a country aging faster than most of the European Union while births continue to fall.
Greece’s Short-Term Rental Rates Surge as Supply Tightens
Available short-term rental listings fell 2% from July 2025, while booked nights increased 1.9% to 2.68 million
Two Dead as Fast-Moving Wildfire Sweeps Across Salamina Near Athens
Greece's national health emergency coordination center was monitoring the situation and coordinating medical resources.
Greece to Count Ships and Seafarers in New Maritime Workforce Census
Greek shipowners control one of the world’s largest merchant fleets, although a substantial portion of those vessels operate under foreign flags.