Greek highways lack speed-monitoring cameras
Despite the relatively high number of fatalities on Greek roads, there are very few cameras monitoring speed.
IMF loans to be paid off by end of March
Greece will repay the final tranches of bailout loans owed to the International Monetary Fund by the end of March, two years ahead of schedule, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras told Reuters on Monday.
Greens and Reds prepare for Cup showdown
Panathinaikos and Olympiakos prepared for next weekend’s Greek Cup Final Four with easy home wins for the league on Monday, while their opponents in Friday’s semis, Promitheas and AEK, look out of shape.
ATHEX: Decline is moderated by close
In a warmongering climate that dominated trade across Europe on Monday, as the situation is deteriorating fast in Ukraine, the Greek stock market managed to contain its losses and the benchmark held on to the 950-point level.
Kikilias announces up to 14 weekly flights between Greece and US
The start of direct flights from the United States to Greece on March 7, earlier than in any other year, “amounts to a vote of confidence in our country by a key market that adds high value to Greek tourism,” Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias stated on Monday.
Eleventh suspect in Kambanos murder case detained until trial
A prosecutor and an investigative magistrate on Monday ordered the eleventh suspect in the murder case of Alkis Kambanos in the northern port city of Thessaloniki on February 1, to remain in jail until his trial.
Parents in Rhodes sentenced for keeping child from school
A 35-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman were handed a suspended 14-month jail term and fined 3,000 euros each by a court in Rhodes for not sending their 8-year-old child to primary school due to the pandemic.
Man sentenced to 20 years for raping three sex workers
A 39-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a court in Thessaloniki on Monday for raping and robbing three sex workers in March 2021 while pretending to be a police officer.
Surgeons reattach 11-year-old’s arm at the shoulder
An 11-year-old boy whose arm had been severed at the shoulder was recovering at Aghia Sofia Children’s Hospital in Attica on Monday after a team of surgeons from three different Attica hospitals performed the first successful surgery to reattach a limb at shoulder height ever carried out on a child in Greece.
Accountants, lawyers start work processing pension applications
A total of 458 state-certified accountants and lawyers will help process new retirement applications insured in Greece’s three major social insurance funds, e-EFKA announced on Monday.