The First Instance Prosecutor’s Office of Athens announced the launch of an inquiry on Thursday to investigate the extended power cuts experienced by thousands of Athens households during the “Elpis” snowstorm, with some lasting several days.
An order for the evacuation of several apartment blocks was given on Thursday afternoon after a natural gas leak was established at the intersection of Pyrrou and Aineiou streets in the central Athens neighborhood of Pangrati.
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and the Foreign Ministry on Thursday noted the need to fight antisemitism, marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Attiki Odos SA, the company managing the Greek capital’s biggest ring road, said on Thursday, that is has reopened fully after closing down for traffic during a major snowstorm that traped hundreds of vehicles for hours in its lanes.
A 20-year-old Afghan national was arrested in connection with a knife attack against a compatriot in northern Greece last year.
Choreographers Kyriaki Nasioula and Argyris Angeli, founders of the GesamtAtelier, have drawn inspiration from Greek folk art and customs to create “Loom,” a mixed-media performance.
Endy Zemenides, the Executive Director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, joins The Greek Current to discuss his latest piece in Kathimerini, titled “It’s not the pipeline, stupid”, which breaks down the latest controversy over the US “non-paper” on the EastMed gas pipeline.
Despite the exceptional performance for several hotels in various destinations over Christmas and New Year’s, winter resorts showed in 2021 the worst figures among all hotel categories.
A business jet landed safely without front wheels early Thursday morning at Iraklio’s airport, Crete, after what appeared as a malfunction in the landing gear, state-run news agency AMNA reported.
Five men involved in a fight and shootout last Saturday in the southern Athens suburb of Voula have criminal histories and affiliations that point to the incident being part of a turf war between drug and extortion gangs.