News archive of September 2024

In the middle of the tourism season in July, arrivals increased by 4.1% but revenue shrank by 4.2%, while average spending per trip was down 9.1% year-on-year.

 An opinion poll presented on Action 24’s main newscast shows a 12-point lead for New Democracy (ND) over PASOK, with SYRIZA trailing in fifth place. The poll, conducted by Opinion Poll, reveals a tight race in PASOK’s internal elections, with a marginal lead for Nikos Androulakis over Charis Doukas. Among SYRIZA voters, Stefanos Kasselakis enjoys a significant lead of 45%.

On the morning of Saturday, September 28, officers from the Chalkida Security Department arrested three juveniles and a young adult for their involvement in a series of robberies and thefts in the area.

The foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey have been tasked with discussing maritime boundaries and the delimitation of continental shelves, following last week's brief yet pivotal meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

BELGRADE - Serbian MPs passed on Monday a supplementary budget bill under which the state budget for 2024 is increased by 132.5 bln dinars to 2,173 bln dinars.

A hundred and thirty-six MPs voted in favour, 51 voted against, there were no abstentions and six MPs took no part in the vote.

The weather on October 1 is expected to be mostly sunny but windy. Northeastern Bulgaria and the Black Sea coast will see some variable clouds with occasional isolated rain showers. A moderate to strong northwesterly wind will affect northeastern areas. Daytime temperatures will range between 16C and 21C, with Sofia reaching around 16C.

He was one of the beloved figures on the other side of the Atlantic, and it’s no coincidence that the NBA named him an ambassador. However, in recent years, he faced serious health issues (brain cancer) and today he took his last breath.

The large wildfire near Xylokastro in eastern Corinthia, in the Peloponnese, which broke out on Sunday and claimed the lives of two people, has not been brought under control, fire service spokesperson Vasilis Vathrakogiannis has told Kathimerini.

Speaking before the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON), the chairwoman of the ECB stressed that the world is changing fast and Europe is lagging. According to her, the competitiveness gap of the European economy against the US and China cannot be closed except by further integration of the eurozone to address its structural challenges.

The General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) has called a 24-hour general strike for November 20 to highlight inflation, rising rental and housing costs and the need to restore collective labor rights.