Athens-Macedonian News Agency

Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias highlighted the success of Greece's tourism strategy, which generated a revenue of 17.6 billion in 2022, during an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Sunday.

Artificial intelligence is being deployed in the battle for the prevention and management of forest fires through innovative programs developed and coordinated by the National Observatory of Athens (NOA).

More specifically, forest fire risk is being assessed through the Deep Cube and SeasFire programs, which started in January 2021 and March 2022 respectively.

The relaunching of works and the productive output of the Elefsis Shipyards, in Attica, "means rather a lot, because after so many years we can again secure our work, our salary and the money we thought was lost," accident prevention worker Dimitris Charitos told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Saturday.

The weight of the average 18-year-old Greek man and woman has increased by 15 and 7 kilos respectively over the last 20 years - 2-4 kg more than their peers in America, and 3-5 kg more than other Europeans - according to a health expert speaking to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.

Police on Wednesday were investigating whether a street brawl that occurred the previous night in Thessaloniki was linked to sport-related violence. 

According to reports, the incident took place in a shopping center in the northern port city, when a group of four or five people approached a 31-year-old man, a well-known fan of a particular soccer team, as he sat in a cafe. 

The year 2023 is on track to be better than 2022 for tourism, the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Yiannis Retsos, said in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA). 

He noted that this increase in the country's tourism figures looked set to continue in the years to come, based on international trends. 

Police in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, are investigating any possible links between a soccer fan club and a cache of potential weapons found in an abandoned building next door to it.

Two brothers aged 43 and 49 years old, respectively, face criminal charges, including for endangering public safety, after allegedly stealing a railroad tie.

The metal tie was stolen from a Hellenic Railways (OSE) storage facility on the Veria-Edessa line in northern Greece and found in the trunk of the brothers' car, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency reported on Thursday.

An expert wreck researcher has located the remains of a ferry boat that went down off the southeastern coast of Evia on the afternoon of February 23, 1983, killing 28 passengers and crew, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency reported on Wednesday.

The primary budget deficit for 2022 came to zero, compared to a forecast of 1.6%, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, thanks to the higher-than-expected growth.

Greece's economy covered a gap of nearly 3.4 billion euros.