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Greek-owned bulk carrier struck by Houthi missile in Red Sea
30.04.2024 / 10:57

Greek-owned bulk carrier struck by Houthi missile in Red Sea

JON GAMBRELL

A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels damaged the Cyclades, a Malta-flagged, Greece-owned bulk carrier in the Red Sea on Monday, authorities said, the latest assault in their campaign against shipping in the crucial maritime route.

Guilty verdicts decried as too lenient
30.04.2024 / 10:32

Guilty verdicts decried as too lenient

The first round of the judicial investigation into the tragedy at Mati in eastern Attica in 2018 concluded on Monday with the court finding only five former high-ranking officials of the state apparatus guilty, mainly from the Fire Service, while acquitting those responsible for Civil Protection and local government officials, in a decision denounced as too lenient by victims’ relatives and public opinion. 

Over 200,000 register for postal voting in Euro elections across the globe
Eyebrows raised over ancient garb at Acropolis
30.04.2024 / 09:58

Eyebrows raised over ancient garb at Acropolis

A tourist office from India, the Hellenic-Indian Chamber, antiquities custodians and the Ministry of Culture are entangled in a surreal games of pass the buck over a Mumbai group’s visit to the Acropolis on Saturday that took an unexpected turn when some of its members donned ancient Greek attire.

Labor Day strikes to paralyze transport
Public hospitals opening to private doctors
30.04.2024 / 09:12

Public hospitals opening to private doctors

Private doctors will be allowed to perform medical procedures in National Health System (ESY) hospitals, including surgeries, according to a Health Ministry amendment to a bill of the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family. 

Residential night tariff for summer period starts on May 1
Fatal car crash claims life in Pikermi
Checking railway link of Peloponnese with Attica
Avgenakis: Surge in market inspections ahead of Easter
30.04.2024 / 05:37

Avgenakis: Surge in market inspections ahead of Easter

Intensive inspections in the agricultural market and along the borders continue in anticipation of the Easter holiday period. Minister of Rural Development and Food Lefteris Avgenakis has issued instructions for intensified inspections to protect both consumers and domestic agricultural products from counterfeit products.

Economic sentiment in Cyprus rises
AI startups face a rough financial reality check
Greece’s leap in advancing pharmaceutical research
ATHEX: Late surge offsets all index losses
29.04.2024 / 22:12

The limits of the ally

Greece finds itself in a particularly dangerous corner of Europe. Unlike other states that ostensibly bear the formal status of ally, it has proven that it lives up to its obligations fully, as a partner and an ally. And it has done so consistently, even under adverse conditions.