Chalkidiki

The Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) has again warned that overtaxation could keep the country's growth rates at subdued levels, while the obstacles the government is putting in the way of big investment projects such as the Halkidiki gold mines (Eldorado Gold) and the development of the former airport at Elliniko (Lamda Development) serve as a deterrent to other would-be investors.

Eldorado Gold said on Thursday it would freeze investments in its Skouries gold mine in Greece, taking a tough stand in its battle with the country's government.

Eldorado's investment is one of the biggest in Greece and has long been viewed as a test of the country's resolve to attract foreign capital.

A 32-year-old man who has allegedly confessed to taking part in the contract killing of lawyer Michalis Zafeiropoulos in Athens last month was remanded to custody pending trial on Thursday.

The Albanian national gave a brief account of his actions to an investigating magistrate, in which he reportedly admitted to his role in the fatal shooting of the prominent criminal lawyer.

A 32-year-old man who has allegedly confessed to taking part in the contract killing of lawyer Michalis Zafeiropoulos in Athens last month was remanded to custody pending trial on Thursday.

The Albanian national gave a brief account of his actions to an investigating magistrate, in which he reportedly admitted to his role in the fatal shooting of the prominent criminal lawyer.

“Greece was a destination in the Mediterranean that stood out this summer. Thomas Cook’s bookings for Greek destinations rose 24% in the summer of 2017 compared to the summer of 2016”, said Martin Ratchford, from the tour operator Thomas Cook’s financial team

Three Turkish military aircraft - two armed fighter jets and a CN-235 - violated Greek air space in the northeastern, central and southeastern Aegean on two occasions on Thursday.

The transgressions came just a few hours after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras flew in a Greek F-16 fighter jet following a visit to the 110th combat wing of the Hellenic Air Force in Larissa, central Greece.

A total of 21 stunningly hot models from Serbia gathered at Porto Carras, Chalkidiki for the Miss Porto Carras 2017. The competition was tough as the amazingly sexy models gave to the committee a very hard job in choosing the winner.

The centre of monasticism in the Eastern Orthodox Christian world, Mount Athos has weighed in on the controversial sex change bill scheduled to be discussed in a plenary session in the Greek parliament, unequivocally condemning it.

Canada's Eldorado Gold, which earlier this month said it would suspend operations in Greece unless it received all of its pending licenses, issued an announcement on Thursday saying it has entered "constructive dialogue" with the Greek government and will be postponing its decision.

Hundreds of workers at the gold mines in Kassandra on northern Greece's Halkidiki peninsula were marching onto the prime minister's office in downtown Athens on Thursday, causing traffic chaos in and around the city center.