Police have detained six suspects in connection with the shooting incident that occurred on Wednesday morning in Kerameikos, central Athens.
The Tourism Ministry has responded to media reports about its spending of almost 18,000 euros on two Persian Nain carpets, saying the items will “contribute to the promotion of the positive image of our country at an international level.”
The head of Greece’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority, Charalambos Vourliotis, has ordered the freezing of accounts belonging to 140 individuals allegedly involved in a case of fraud, fictitious transactions and VAT evasion amounting to approximately 150 million euros, it was reported on Wednesday.
Police are investigating the theft of 30 laptops from offices of the Ministry of Social Cohesion and the Family in downtown Athens.
Devastating floods through much of Central Europe and deadly wildfires in Portugal are joint proof of a “climate breakdown” that will become the norm unless drastic action is taken, the European Union’s crisis management chief has said.
A 35-year-old female tourist has been killed in a rockfall in Crete’s Samaria Gorge and other tourists are understood to be stranded in the area, where they were hiking.
Police in Thessaloniki have arrested a 60-year-old man who, after paying a 28-year-old man to have sex with him, allegedly threatened the younger man with a hunting rifle and demanded his money back after the act.
Cyprus’ top court ordered Wednesday that the country’s comptroller general be removed from his post for alleged misconduct and interferences in the works of judiciary.
A 36-year-old man was injured in a shooting in the Kerameikos district of downtown Athens on Wednesday morning.
Following the introduction of new rules banning mobile phones in Greek schools, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that his government may pilot designated lockers at some schools.
Health Minister Adonis Geordiadis announced that plans are afoot for a new system for confirming prescription via text message to people’s mobile phones, as with electronic banking transactions.
Police have launched an investigation after a 23-year-old man was found seriously injured in the northern Athens suburb of Halandri on Tuesday evening.
Two young men were robbed last night outside the Agia Marina metro station in the western Athens suburb of Aigaleo.
The Korydallos and Maniatika stations on Line 3 of the Athens metro will close at 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday, following police orders. Trains will pass through these stations without stopping.
One migrant died after smugglers piloting a speedboat from Turkey to an Aegean Sea island forced their passengers into the sea on Tuesday to avoid detection by marine patrols, Greek authorities said.
Three workers suffered light injuries during a fire Tuesday at a major oil refinery west of Athens that prompted Greek authorities to issue an evacuation alert for the surrounding area.
Three workers were injured in a fire that broke out inside Greece’s second-largest oil refinery on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of personnel, according to an announcement by Motor Oil, which operates the refinery.
A fire broke out on Tuesday at the Motor Oil refineries in the Agioi Theodoroi area of Corinth, south of Athens.
Early in the morning at the Nea Makri fire station on the outskirts of Athens, dozens of firefighters gather in front of their fire trucks for the morning roll call. Look closely and you’ll see that most of their uniforms are emblazoned with the word “Pompierii.”
Protected Green and Loggerhead turtles are making a big comeback on the beaches of two British military bases in Cyprus, with the number of nests surpassing last year’s record count by nearly 25%, environmentalists said on Tuesday.
The family of Giorgos Karaivaz, the investigative journalist who was gunned down in an execution-style attack in April 2021 outside his Athens home, has taken recourse to the Supreme Court to challenge the acquittal of two brothers of the crime.
After the intense heat and drought of summer, the threat of a repeat of the devastating floods that swept through Greece’s central breadbasket last September is making farmers like Achilleas Gerotolios consider giving it all up.
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