Greece

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addressed the European People's Party Youth Conference on Friday, emphasizing the government's commitment to creating jobs for young people.

Alexander Kitroeff, a professor of history with an expertise on the Greek diaspora experience, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the Athens Polytechnic uprising of November 17th, 1973, against the military dictatorship, and look at the diaspora's key role in the broader story of restoring democracy to Greece.

Fifteen leading companies operating in Greece will present work opportunities to Greek nationals living in the Netherlands on November 30, as part of the "ReBrain Greece" institutionalized action, the Labor and Social Security Ministry said on Thursday.

The event is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. at the Hilton hotel in Amsterdam.

Ten months ago, the EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers (which will be held in Cyprus) began, with the Greek national team (under the debut of Vassilis Spanoulis as coach) achieving two consecutive wins against the Czech Republic (72-64 at home) and the Netherlands (74-72 away).

Demand for summer travel to Greece is shifting from the traditional peak months of July and August to earlier and later months such as May, June and September due to climate change and very high temperatures in the Mediterranean.

Today begins one of the two atmospheric disturbances that will affect our country, with the other expected Saturday. The main feature of the weather today will be showers and occasional thunderstorms possibly locally heavy on the islands of the eastern Aegean and the Dodecanese.

Two atmospheric disturbances will affect our country in the coming days, causing rain, storms, very strong southerly winds, and snow in the mountains, according to the Director of the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY), Thodoris Kolyda.

A record number of American students are choosing Greece as a study abroad destination, according to the Open Doors 2024 survey findings, published annually by the Institute of International Education (IIE).

In the 2022-2023 academic year, the number of US students studying in Greece surged by nearly 34% compared to the previous year, reaching a total of 6,000 students.

Greece plans to repay at least €5 billion ($5.3 billion) in bailout loans by 2025, well ahead of their scheduled maturities between 2033 and 2042, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said.

"We've been ruthlessly focused on fiscal discipline," Mitsotakis told a Bloomberg event in Athens on Monday. "It's an indication of the confidence we have in our public finances."

In a historic building in downtown Cairo, among the Greek-style buildings built by the Greeks long ago, with their blue and white painted windows, lies the Greek Club of Cairo, which serves as a social and entertainment club and restaurant. In an outdoor hall, a sign reads "Hellas" and an entrance with the flags of Egypt and Greece in the middle.