ekathimerini.com RSS FEEDhttps://www.ekathimerini.com/infeeds/rss/nx-rss-feed.xml© ekathimerini.com 2020elThu, 28 May 2026 20:24:41 +0000 https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1305056/red-tape-detours/ ekath-1305056 Thu, 28 May 2026 20:24:41 +0000 The state ought to be in a position by now where all its services are able to communicate with each other and provide citizens with whatever documents they may need – yet it cannot. OPINION OPINION Editorial Editorial https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/cartoon/1305109/cartoon-28-05-2026/ ekath-1305109 Thu, 28 May 2026 19:52:00 +0000 CARTOON OPINION, CARTOON Ilias Makris Ilias Makris https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1304941/food-service-sector-remains-under-pressure/ ekath-1304941 Thu, 28 May 2026 19:24:07 +0000 This year has been a tough one so far for the food service industry, as revenue in the first quarter fell by 1.9% year-on-year, with losses exceeding €42 million. ECONOMY ECONOMY Dimitra Manifava Dimitra Manifava https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1305181/athex-bourse-ends-rising-streak-except-ppc/ ekath-1305181 Thu, 28 May 2026 19:23:25 +0000 Thursday’s profit-taking at the Greek stock market followed six straight days of benchmark rise. ECONOMY STOCKS, ECONOMY Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1305055/a-third-of-gdp-comes-from-tourism/ ekath-1305055 Thu, 28 May 2026 19:09:13 +0000 Τhe direct economic contribution of tourism to the Greek economy in 2025 reached €32.4 billion, which amounts to 13% of Greece’s gross domestic product, according to the Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation (INSETE). ECONOMY ECONOMY, TOURISM Ilias Bellos Ilias Bellos https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1305176/fish-waste-asbestos-dumped-for-years-in-northern-forests/ ekath-1305176 Thu, 28 May 2026 18:49:37 +0000 The owner of a fish-processing factory in northern Greece and another two people have been arrested for allegedly dumping large quantities of waste in forests and streambeds over the past four years, police said Thursday. NEWS CRIME, ENVIRONMENT, WASTE, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1305169/dendias-says-deterrent-needed-to-counter-turkish-threat/ ekath-1305169 Thu, 28 May 2026 18:40:24 +0000 Defense Minister Nikos Dendias on Thursday accused neighboring Turkey of posing a direct military threat to Greece, following comments by his Turkish counterpart on Ankara's regional interests. FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEFENSE, NIKOS DENDIAS, TURKEY, POLITICS, FOREIGN AFFAIRS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1305167/police-solve-e100000-delphi-jewellery-heist/ ekath-1305167 Thu, 28 May 2026 18:15:53 +0000 A convict in a Greek prison, an under-age girl and another five people have been identified as being behind a big jewellery heist near Delphi in central Greece, authorities said Thursday. NEWS CRIME, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1305038/more-fragmentation-less-consensus/ ekath-1305038 Thu, 28 May 2026 17:48:33 +0000 I don’t know if Greece is “ungovernable,” but I do know that the apparent further fragmentation of the political landscape with the addition of new players will make it that much harder to manage major issues. OPINION ELECTIONS, GREEK LEFT ALLIANCE (ELAS), NEW DEMOCRACY, PASOK, POLITICS, OPINION Tom Ellis Tom Ellis https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1305164/mountain-marijuana-farm-busted/ ekath-1305164 Thu, 28 May 2026 17:48:24 +0000 A marijuana farm ringed with fir trees for natural camouflage and tended by two Albanian gardeners sleeping in tents has been discovered high in the mountains of central Greece, authorities said Thursday. NEWS DRUGS, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1305162/eu-executive-raps-turkey-on-cop31-talks-and-cyprus/ ekath-1305162 Thu, 28 May 2026 17:17:31 +0000 The European Commission on Thursday rapped Turkey for barring EU-member Cyprus from preliminary talks for this year’s United Nations climate change talks that will be held in Antalya. FOREIGN AFFAIRS CLIMATE CRISIS, CYPRUS, TURKEY, POLITICS, FOREIGN AFFAIRS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1305159/greece-plans-demarche-to-ukraine-over-sea-drone/ ekath-1305159 Thu, 28 May 2026 16:50:32 +0000 Athens will issue a formal diplomatic complaint to Ukraine over the uncrewed sea drone filled with explosives that was discovered this month on a rocky shore in western Greece, officials said Thursday. FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEFENSE, LEFKADA, UKRAINE, POLITICS, FOREIGN AFFAIRS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1305152/multiple-fraudster-preyed-on-job-home-seekers/ ekath-1305152 Thu, 28 May 2026 16:29:02 +0000 A man who allegedly exploited Greece's housing crisis and depressed job market to defraud scores of people over the past two years has been arrested in the central Athens district of Zografou, authorities said Thursday. NEWS FRAUD, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1305143/noisy-dispute-leads-to-police-to-suitcase-of-pot/ ekath-1305143 Thu, 28 May 2026 16:01:37 +0000 A heated dispute between two men in central Athens has led to the seizure of nearly nine kilograms of marijuana left in a suitcase on the staircase of a bloc of flats, police said Thursday. NEWS DRUGS, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1305136/athens-driver-arrested-for-pulling-gun-over-traffic-dispute/ ekath-1305136 Thu, 28 May 2026 15:22:04 +0000 A new case of road rage in Athens has seen a motorist pull a handgun and threaten another driver following a traffic dispute, police said Thursday. NEWS CRIME, ROAD SAFETY, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1305134/another-22-charged-over-eu-farm-subsidy-fraud/ ekath-1305134 Thu, 28 May 2026 14:59:29 +0000 European prosecutors in Athens on Thursday charged 17 people arrested in northern Greece for alleged fraud involving European Union farm subsidies, a day after 22 people from Crete were formally accused, separately, of similar criminal offenses. NEWS FRAUD, OPEKEPE, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1305133/as-coast-guard-focuses-on-libya-migrants-reach-crete-in-yacht-from-turkey/ ekath-1305133 Thu, 28 May 2026 14:40:44 +0000 A joint operation with Greece’s intelligence service has led to the Coast Guard discovering a new illegal migration route from Turkey to the southern island of Crete, officials said Thursday. NEWS MIGRATION, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/1305127/tsipras-formally-registers-his-new-elas-party/ ekath-1305127 Thu, 28 May 2026 13:30:38 +0000 Left-wing former prime minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday formally registered his new Greek Left Alliance, or ELAS, party with the Supreme Court, voicing optimism that his political comeback after three years would prove “useful” to the country. POLITICS ALEXIS TSIPRAS, GREEK LEFT ALLIANCE (ELAS), POLITICS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1305122/freedom-of-navigation-challenges-take-center-stage-at-posidonia/ ekath-1305122 Thu, 28 May 2026 13:22:36 +0000 This year’s shipping mega-event expands more than ever not only in numbers but also in reach. ECONOMY POSIDONIA, SHIPPING, ECONOMY George Georgakopoulos George Georgakopoulos https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1305047/new-drive-to-cut-red-tape/ ekath-1305047 Thu, 28 May 2026 13:14:27 +0000 The Interior Ministry has issued two circulars allowing citizens to replace documents, certificates and official records with sworn declarations when the information is already held in state archives but cannot yet be automatically retrieved through interoperability between public services. NEWS PUBLIC SECTOR, NEWS, IN DEPTH, SOCIETY Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1305121/suspect-held-in-case-of-headless-legless-corpse/ ekath-1305121 Thu, 28 May 2026 12:40:41 +0000 A man has been arrested in northern Greece on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a Pakistani national whose headless, legless corpse was found in the sea four years ago. NEWS CRIME, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/sports/1305037/sports-prosecutor-reviews-brawl-evidence-from-oaka/ ekath-1305037 Thu, 28 May 2026 12:39:29 +0000 Greece’s sports prosecutor received police evidence Wednesday regarding the physical altercation on Sunday between Olympiakos FC owner Evangelos Marinakis and Grigoris Dimitriadis, former chief of staff to the prime minister. SPORTS CRIME, OLYMPIAKOS, POLITICS, SPORTS Yiannis Souliotis Yiannis Souliotis https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1305118/three-tankers-reportedly-attacked-by-drones-in-black-sea-shipping-agency-says/ ekath-1305118 Thu, 28 May 2026 11:42:57 +0000 Drone attacks were reported on three tankers in the Black Sea on Thursday near Turkey’s northern coast, shipping agency Tribeca said. FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONFLICT, SHIPPING, TURKEY, POLITICS, FOREIGN AFFAIRS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1305116/suspect-in-downtown-athens-shooting-has-criminal-record-police-say/ ekath-1305116 Thu, 28 May 2026 11:36:59 +0000 A 30-year-old man arrested over the shooting of a business owner in downtown Athens this week had previously been detained in connection with a stabbing attack and drug-related offenses, police said Thursday. NEWS POLICE, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/environment/1305017/athens-a-city-surrendered-to-its-pigeons/ ekath-1305017 Thu, 28 May 2026 11:12:55 +0000 Nasia Papadaki was lingering sleepily in her kitchen, enjoying her morning coffee, when she noticed a few tiny black specks across the paper towel roll above the marble sink. ENVIRONMENT CITY LIFE, HEALTH, NATURE, NEWS, ENVIRONMENT, IN DEPTH, SOCIETY Dimitris Rigopoulos Dimitris Rigopoulos https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1305115/electrocution-and-drowning-seen-in-serres-boys-death/ ekath-1305115 Thu, 28 May 2026 10:56:36 +0000 A coroner’s examination found evidence consistent with both electrocution and drowning in the death of a 10-year-old boy whose body was recovered from an irrigation canal in northern Greece. NEWS DEATH, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1305114/man-accused-of-racially-motivated-attack-on-14-year-old-boy/ ekath-1305114 Thu, 28 May 2026 10:29:26 +0000 Police in Patra, western Greece, have filed charges against a man accused of abducting and assaulting a 14-year-old boy in what authorities are treating as a racially motivated attack. NEWS CRIME, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/1305113/latest-batch-of-opekepe-fraud-suspects-testifying-to-eppo/ ekath-1305113 Thu, 28 May 2026 09:43:22 +0000 More than a dozen suspects in an ongoing investigation into farm subsidy fraud worth millions of euros were testifying at the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Athens on Thursday. POLITICS CORRUPTION, CRIME, EPPO, OPEKEPE, POLITICS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/energy/1305060/alternative-plans-being-developed-for-island-power/ ekath-1305060 Thu, 28 May 2026 09:18:59 +0000 Greek islands that remain outside the national power interconnection network continue to face energy vulnerability during the summer tourist season, despite long-standing plans aimed at securing electricity supply through grid links and autonomous renewable energy systems. ENERGY ENERGY, ISLANDS, ECONOMY Chrysa Liangou Chrysa Liangou https://www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/society-in-depth/1305112/northern-greek-town-offers-incentives-to-recruit-doctors/ ekath-1305112 Thu, 28 May 2026 08:50:47 +0000 The municipal authority of Florina in northern Greece is offering a monthly stipend of €400 over two years for new doctors at the local general hospital, which suffers from chronic staff shortages. SOCIETY HEALTH, INITIATIVE, IN DEPTH, SOCIETY Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/energy/1305110/chevron-seeks-70-stake-in-offshore-greek-gas-block/ ekath-1305110 Thu, 28 May 2026 08:12:07 +0000 US oil giant Chevron has filed an official request to acquire a 70% stake from Helleniq Energy in the offshore “Block 10” hydrocarbon concession of Greece’s western coast, the Energy Ministry said on Thursday. ENERGY ENERGY, ECONOMY Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1305106/imf-says-greece-maintains-stability-despite-middle-east-war-impact/ ekath-1305106 Thu, 28 May 2026 07:43:25 +0000 Greece has weathered the economic shock caused by the war in the Middle East with “strengthened fiscal sustainability and financial stability,” the International Monetary Fund said. ECONOMY CONFLICT, ECONOMY, IMF, MIDDLE EAST Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/society-in-depth/1304924/social-sciences-pushed-out-of-greek-research-priorities/ ekath-1304924 Thu, 28 May 2026 07:27:54 +0000 The social sciences research network has been left out of European Union structural funding, raising alarms about the country’s capacity for evidence-based policymaking. SOCIETY EDUCATION, SCIENCE, IN DEPTH, SOCIETY Apostolos Lakasas Apostolos Lakasas https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1305104/gastroenteritis-outbreak-at-attikon-hospital-sparks-safety-concerns/ ekath-1305104 Thu, 28 May 2026 07:11:18 +0000 A gastroenteritis outbreak at Athens’ Attikon University Hospital has exposed shortcomings in basic hospital safety measures and chronic staffing shortages, hospital employees said Thursday. NEWS HEALTH, NOROVIRUS, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1305059/tourism-zoning-plan-causes-backlash-from-both-sides/ ekath-1305059 Thu, 28 May 2026 06:49:21 +0000 The Environment Ministry is caught between two diametrically opposed approaches on the spatial planning for tourism. ECONOMY ECONOMY, TOURISM, NEWS, ENVIRONMENT Giorgos Lialios Giorgos Lialios https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1305099/authorities-carry-out-four-migrant-rescues-in-single-morning/ ekath-1305099 Thu, 28 May 2026 06:07:34 +0000 The Greek Coast Guard and the European border control agency Frontex carried out four search-and-rescue operations within hours on Thursday morning, south of Crete and Gavdos. NEWS MIGRATION, RESCUE, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1305098/two-dutch-nationals-arrested-over-fossils-found-in-their-luggage/ ekath-1305098 Thu, 28 May 2026 05:56:16 +0000 Two Dutch travelers were arrested on Lesvos in the eastern Aegean on Wednesday after airport authorities discovered fragments from the island’s protected Petrified Forest in their luggage before a flight to Amsterdam. NEWS ARCHAEOLOGY, CRIME, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/society-in-depth/1305096/university-entrance-exams-begin-friday-with-modern-greek/ ekath-1305096 Thu, 28 May 2026 05:43:33 +0000 Greece’s nationwide university entrance exams begin Friday for high school students competing for 68,788 university places for the 2026-27 academic year. SOCIETY EDUCATION, IN DEPTH, SOCIETY Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/1305034/migration-pact-bill-submitted-to-parliament/ ekath-1305034 Thu, 28 May 2026 05:06:13 +0000 The migration ministry has submitted to Parliament legislation implementing the European Union’s new Migration Pact, less than a month before the framework takes effect on July 1. POLITICS LEGISLATION, MIGRATION, POLITICS Tania Georgiopoulou Tania Georgiopoulou https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/1305046/tsipras-alliance-stirs-left/ ekath-1305046 Thu, 28 May 2026 04:36:44 +0000 The launch event for the Greek Left Alliance, ELAS, in Athens on Tuesday night elicited surprise around the party’s name more than its policy agenda, as party leader Alexis Tsipras prepares tours to outline future governing plans. POLITICS ALEXIS TSIPRAS, GREEK LEFT ALLIANCE (ELAS), NEW LEFT, SYRIZA, POLITICS Newsroom Newsroom