Crete police nab 3 of 5 escapees from holding cells
Police say that they have captured three of the five detainees who escaped from holding cells at the Chania courthouse, on the island of Crete, Monday morning.
Outstanding Nedovic averts shock for the Greens
Promitheas Patras has reached the Greek Cup semifinals, where it will face Panathinaikos, while the Greens fended off a real scare in the league at Larissa thanks to an extraordinary Nemanja Nedovic.
US pipeline withdrawal marks new chapter in Eastern Mediterranean
Earlier this month, the United States surprised Greece and its two primary partners in the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum, Israel and Cyprus, by withdrawing its backing for a natural gas pipeline that would have connected them to Europe.
ATHEX: Stock index remains southbound
Greek stocks continued on Monday on their downward path, which had started on Friday, with the majority posting a moderate decline, although banks remained the least affected sector.
Sustainable airports in Cyprus
Hermes Airports, the consortium that manages and controls the two international airports in the Republic of Cyprus, announced on Monday it has signed the Toulouse Declaration, which, it said, reinforces its commitment to a net-zero future.
EIB financing of over €700 mln
The European Investment Bank agreed on Monday to supply over 700 million euros in support to a number of state projects in Greece, chief among which are the new metro line in central Athens and the further digitalization of the public sector.
New Democracy expels Sparta mayor and former deputy minister
New Democracy has expelled Petros Doukas, mayor of Sparta and a former deputy foreign and finance minister, following his claim that the party won the 2007 elections by handing out money to the victims of the deadly wildfires that devastated the region of Ilia earlier that summer.
324,000 Covid vaccination certificates invalid as of Monday
As of Monday, the vaccination certificates of 324,000 people who did not take their booster shot for Covid-19 became invalid, Secretary General of Primary Health Care of the Ministry of Health Marios Themistokleous said.
Credit Suisse faces money laundering charges in Bulgarian cocaine traffickers trial
Credit Suisse faced charges in a Swiss court on Monday of allowing an alleged Bulgarian cocaine trafficking gang to launder millions of euros, some of it stuffed into suitcases.
Three police officers suspended over Chania convict escape
The leadership of the Hellenic Police has ordered a sworn administrative inquiry on Monday to investigate five police officers and has suspended three of them in connection to the escape of five convicts in the early hours of Monday morning.