Center-left ppposition party Movement for Change (KINAL) will vote in favor of the eight contracts making up a deal for the purchase of French frigates, Rafale fighter aircraft and submarine torpedoes, the head of the party’s parliamentary group Mihalis Katrinis said on Tuesday, during the plenary debate.
New cases of Covid-19 in Greece rose further to 21,412 on Tuesday from 20,361 the day before, the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) said in its daily bulletin.
Amid fears in the West that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent, Greeks were urged to leave the country on Monday while Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chaired a meeting to discuss the impact it could have on the economy and possible scenarios for ensuring the security and continuous supply of natural gas to Greece.
Port authority officers in Rhodes found 44 plastic bags containing an estimated 88,880 Captagon (amphetamine) pills during a patrol on the seaside resort of Kiotari, on the eastern coast of the island, on Monday afternoon.
A court in Iraklio on Crete on Tuesday committed a 53-year-old defendant to psychiatric care after he killed his mother acquitted him of the charges of murder and attempted murder on mental health grounds.
Greek hip-hop act Saske performs his thought-provoking and genre-bending riffs at Nigrita Prison for a music video project by the Onassis Foundation, being broadcast on its YouTube channel this Sunday.
Two people, including a police officer, were being investigated on Tuesday in connection with the suspected killing of a man in the east Attica suburb of Menidi.
Greece’s government is seeking parliamentary approval on Tuesday for a 3-billion-euro ($3.4 billion) agreement for three new French-made frigates that defense officials say are vital to address ongoing tension with neighboring Turkey.
Greece’s January inflation hit a high last seen in 1997, jumping to 6.2% from 5.1% in December 2021, driven by skyrocketing housing, transportation and food prices, the country’s statistical authority reported on Tuesday.