Clashes at march to shop of accused child rapist
A protest march on Saturday in the Athens district of Sepolia outside the shop of a man charged with raping and pimping a 12-year-old girl ended in clashes between some demonstrators and police.
Ninety-two migrants rescued in Evros river
Greek border guards and officers of EU border agency Frontex rescued 92 migrants from the banks of the river Evros, at Greece’s northeastern border on Friday, the Citizen Protection Ministry said in a press release on Saturday.
One dead after car swept away in Cretan flood
A 50-year-old man has died after his car was swept away in a torrent in Crete on Saturday. The incident occurred in the coastal town of Agia Pelagia, in Malevizio municipality, about 25 kilometers west of Iraklio, which has seen severe flooding in the last few hours.
Household basket’s problems
The “household basket” of supermarket products protected from major price hikes is hitting one snag after another.
Olympian laid to rest in Thessaloniki
The funeral of Alexandros Nikolaidis, a tae kwon do athlete who won two silver medals in the heavyweight division in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, was held on Saturday in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki.
Death toll rises to 40 in Turkey coal mine explosion
Funerals for miners killed in a coal mine explosion in northern Turkey began Saturday as officials raised the death toll to at least 40 people. Desperate relatives had waited all night in the cold outside the state-owned Turkish Hard Coal Enterprise’s (TTK) mine in the town of Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of…
EU foreign ministers to discuss Iran drones to Russia, future sanctions
European foreign ministers will on Monday discuss the transfer of Iranian drones to Russia and could come to a political agreement on future sanctions related to such activity, two diplomats said on Friday.
PM: Greece ready to assist Turkey over deadly coal mine explosion
Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his sadness over a fatal explosion at a coal mine in northern Turkey on Saturday, while offering assistance.
Profits of 2.3 bln go to subsidy
More than 2.3 billion euros was directed straight from the wholesale power market to the Energy Transition Fund for subsidizing electricity bills in the first quarter of implementation of the mechanism for imposing a ceiling on electricity producers’ revenues.
Tech’s impact on hospitality, education and culture – watch live
Welcome to the closing session of the Greek-British Symposium which explores ways to strengthen ties between the two countries in tourism, education and culture.