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West Nile virus cases and deaths in Greece hit seven-year high
Mosquitoes have found ideal conditions for the wide transmission of West Nile virus this summer, with significantly more cases than in the past seven years. Attica is at the epicentre of the outbreak, and by the middle of last week at least 31 municipalities had recorded cases, with a further seven at high risk. The […]
Measures to win back the ‘lost vote’ of self-employed professionals, farmers, pensioners and private sector employees expected at the Thessaloniki Fair
New Democracy is preparing to scrap presumptive taxation for the self-employed, ease social security contributions and pension levies, and launch a housing scheme, as Mitsotakis eyes a 2027 election with support short of a majority
Mitsotakis’s order to “round up the ripe ones living off public money,” the Thessaloniki Fair, Tsipras and Samaras, the Spetses tip-offs, and is George Papandreou’s son standing in Heraklion?
Hello, good morning, welcome back, and happy late summer, although we are still in the grip of a heatwave and a quiet Athens that will gradually fill up again and find its normal rhythm. It has been a good summer for tourism, perhaps one of the best for those who work professionally in hospitality, but […]
Greek tax authority traces family money transfers to catch hidden donations
Investigators cross-check recent bank records, six-month timing gaps, income tax codes and property filings, then weigh whether the declared donor could actually afford the sum, with rates reaching 40% when family relationships are ultimately misrepresented
Igoumenitsa lake turns fuscia pink in rare phenomenon
A small lake in Makrygiali, Igoumenitsa, has turned pink, on the route towards the Bouka area
French tourist dies after collapsing on hike near Balos in Crete
Firefighters and paramedics raced to reach the stricken hiker along the same rugged, officially closed route after her partner raised the alarm, administering CPR once she collapsed from dehydration, but she died before reaching hospital
Greece braces for a prolonged heatwave, with a new hot spell arriving on Friday that sizzles into September
European and American forecasting models converge on a powerful heatwave from 28 August into early September, with temperatures nearing or topping 40C and wildfire risk climbing as strong winds arrive across the Aegean from Friday
Search underway for Spanish businessman who fell overboard near Pylos
A search and rescue operation is being carried out for Spanish businessman Juan José Mutilba Obregón, 66, who has been missing since Tuesday 18 August, when he fell into the sea from his sailing yacht during a voyage from Syracuse to Pylos. Travelling with him was his 67-year-old wife, Carmen, who spent around three days […]
“I didn’t want to hit it,” claims driver who killed sleeping dog in Corfu
The driver is expected to seek an adjournment to prepare his defence, while investigators assess whether the dog's death was intentional, a finding that would trigger fines of up to 50,000 euros under Greek law
US Ambassador to Greece cruises the Ionian islands aboard the world’s largest luxury catamaran
Excerpt: Kimberly Guilfoyle called her Ionian break wonderful after mingling with fans on Meganisi, before sailing on to Kalamos and Fiskardo aboard the Cypriot-owned This Is It, which charters for up to 390,000 euros a week
Killer of woman in Nea Smyrni was married and had a child, and had faced rape and stalking allegations in Albania
Police believe the man deliberately targeted the woman outside her daughter's Nea Smyrni flat before turning the gun on himself, with investigators now working to establish their relationship and the motive behind the attack
Future generations won’t be burdened with debt, and dialogue with Turkey isn’t submission, PM writes in Sunday review
Kyriakos Mitsotakis used his first post-summer address to detail a €13bn early debt repayment, confirm the Greece-Cyprus interconnection deal with France's Meridiam and Nexans, and pledge continued support for wildfire-hit communities across Greece this month
Iranian hackers knocked out UK power plant for four days, Telegraph reports
The unprecedented breach in July hit a small-scale facility whose outage did not affect the wider grid. It emerged alongside separate cyberattacks on US water infrastructure, which have also drawn concern from the White House
