Messini man arrested for acid attack on ex-wife to face prosecutor
A 50-year-old man arrested on Wednesday for an acid attack on his former wife in a street of Messini, western Peloponnese, is expected to appear before a prosecutor on Thursday.
Man from Ithaca arrested for beating up partner
Port authorities on the Ionian island of Ithaca arrested on Wednesday morning a 32-year-old man for beating his 27-year-old partner.
Settlement evacuated in Thassos as blaze rips through forest
Residents of a village on the island of Thassos, in the north Aegean, were told to evacuate as a large wildfire that broke out in a pine forest on the east on Wednesday night continued to rage.
New intel law ‘maintains non-transparency regime’, main opposition says
The legislative act that went into effect Tuesday evening on the operation of Greek Intelligence Service (EYP) is “another attempt” by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to “avoid being held accountable in Parliament,” leftist SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance said on Wednesday.
Acrimony over wiretapping briefing
The political acrimony over the wiretapping case, involving the bugging of the phone of Socialist party leader Nikos Androulakis, continued unabated on Wednesday as the issue appears to be heading for the Committee on Institutions and Transparency of the Parliament.
Serena Williams leaves tennis just as she played – on her own terms
She is a symbol. A persona. An athlete who has gone far beyond the footsteps of her trailblazing sister and came to rule a cloistered, mostly white sport. She refuses to stop there.
Kalamata swept by rare tornado
A tornado spread, albeit temporarily, a sense of panic in the town of Kalamata, southern Greece on Wednesday, when it swirled through central Othonos Square for a few seconds.