140.000 permanent public school teachers will be evaluated in a decade, according to estimates by the competent authority: the evaluation law was passed in 2021 but few have been assessed so far, while 30.000 newly hired teachers have undergone evaluation

Greek tourism has registered its best July ever and reached record levels in January-July for what concerns arrivals and receipts; in the first seven months of 205 arrivals of non-residents increased by 2,6% and the relevant receipts by 12,5% ​​y-o-y

US oil major Chevron has submitted a bid to explore for natural gas within deadline at 5 pm on 10 September; tender was launched earlier this year after Chevron and refiner HelleniQ Energy expressed interest in deep-sea blocks off Peloponnesus and Crete

Asylum applications from migrants arriving by sea from Africa have been suspended for three months: rights advocates call it flagrant violation of human rights; Greece is a major entry point: UN figures recorded over 60.000 arrivals last year, most by sea

Two marine parks will be created in the Aegean and Ionian seas, Greece's most important move to protect the environment in decades; studies justify the ban of trailing nets over large areas and the big challenge will be to actually implement the plans