There has been a marked increase in the number of forest fires in Greece relative to previous years in the first three months of 2022, the National Observatory of Athens meteo service reported on Thursday.
Police detained a second man believed to have been involved in a hit-and-run accident that killed a 49-year-old woman early Wednesday morning outside the city of Veria, northern Greece.
Greece extended its “deepest sympathies” to the people and government of South Africa over the destructive rain and flooding that hit the eastern coast of South Africa on Wednesday, killing at least 306 people.
A Greek national was detained in the town of Amaliada, Ilia, on Wednesday afternoon on a European arrest warrant that was pending against him.
The prosecutor in the trial of a 48-year-old man accused of sexually abusing his daughter’s underage friends when they came over to play has sought the guilty verdict for the accused.
People over 60 years or age who were slapped with a fine for not getting the mandated Covid-19 vaccinate may avoid paying it if they get the jab now, Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Thursday.
A three-member court in the town of Volos, central Greece, handed a 54-year-old man a suspended 12-month jail sentence for threatening to run over his wife with his car.
Supply chains have another major problem to face due to the recent lockdowns in China, and mainly that in Shanghai, with companies in Greece, too, suffering as a result.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine will weigh on Greece’s growth rate, have a major impact on inflation, shrink disposable incomes and render the country’s 2022 tourism prospects less rosy, according to a new report by Moody’s Analytics.
Prominent private collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos has announced the donation of a large part of his collection of important works of contemporary art, which consists of more than 500 pieces, to four museums located in three countries – Greece, Britain and the US.