2026 budget approved with 159 votes in favour
17/12/2025
The State Budget for the fiscal year 2026 was approved by the Plenary of Parliament with 159 votes in favour and 136 against, following a roll-call vote. The new budget…
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Farmers outraged after “technical error” wipes out aid payments
17/12/2025
Payments of farmers’ aid through OPEKEPE resulted in yet another fiasco yesterday, after ELGA made early deductions of insurance contributions before any aid had been credited. Thousands of beneficiaries logged…
Agricultural blockades: Critical meeting of the Panhellenic Committee to decide next steps
17/12/2025
The Panhellenic Committee on Blockades will meet tomorrow, Thursday, at 2pm in Lefkonas, Serres, to determine the next steps for farmers maintaining blockades at key points of the national road…
Demonstration calls for Israel to be banned from Eurovision
17/12/2025
BDS Greece, the Cultural Network for Palestine, the Palestinian Community of Greece and the Journalists Network for Palestine GR organised an event on Monday 15 December at ESIEA, marking the…
Farmers warn of escalation as protests enter seventeenth day
16/12/2025
Farmers’ protests entered their seventeenth day with no sign of retreat, as producers demand substantive solutions on prices, subsidies and taxation. Although the government has issued another call for dialogue,…
Clashes at Heraklion and Chania airports amid nationwide farmers’ mobilisation
08/12/2025
Riot police deployed chemicals during the large agricultural and livestock rally taking place at Nikos Kazantzakis Airport in Heraklion, Crete. Farmers, beekeepers and fishermen protesting conditions in the primary sector…
Opposition mocks ‘extremely lucky’ ruling party executive after testimony about repeated lottery winnings and frozen assets
26/11/2025
PASOK sources criticised the testimony of Ms Semertzidou, a New Democracy executive, at the parliamentary committee investigating the OPEKEPE scandal, saying she failed to convince interrogators over questions about her…
Minister hails ‘historic’ social agreement to expand collective labour agreements
26/11/2025
The government and national social partners have signed a ‘Social Agreement for the Strengthening of Collective Labour Agreements’, a deal that the labour minister, Niki Kerameus, described as ‘historic’ and…
Work accident at urban rail depot: 50-year-old technician crushed by machinery
26/11/2025
A 50-year-old chief rolling stock technician has died following a workplace accident at the ISAP depot in Piraeus, the operator STA.SY (Urban Rail Transport S.A.) said.
Pension inequality: private-sector retirees receive average €770, public-sector new pensions €1,360
25/11/2025
Data from the Helios system show that main pensions averaged €845.22 in September, the Unified Pensioners Network reported, and that almost six in 10 main pensions (58.75%) remain below €1,000…