Turkish UAV flies over Greek islet
A Turkish Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) entered Athens FIR without submitting a flight plan and violated Greek airspace, the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) said Thursday.
Friction over Strefi Hill spruce-up in central Athens
Police said they detained 19 people on Wednesday morning on Strefi Hill in the Exarchia district of Athens for verbally accosting a crew of surveyors who had gone to the site for measurements, as part of the redevelopment of the hill.
Deal signed to relocate Korydallos prison
A deal to relocate Athens’ high-security Korydallos detention center to an old NATO base in Aspropyrgos, western Attica, was signed by the Citizen Protection Ministry and state asset utilization fund TAIPED on Thursday.
Trial for deadly 2018 Mati blaze to start Oct. 31
The trial for the 21 defendants implicated in the devastating wildfire at Mati, East Attica, in July 2018 that claimed the lives of 103 people, was set for October 31, more than four years after the tragedy.
Two arrested, dozens detained in Exarchia over metro construction
Two people were arrested and 30 were detained on Thursday during clashes between protesters who are against the construction of a metro station on Exarchia square and police forces sent in the area to guard workers.
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.