EU to resume talks on Russian oil price cap Friday evening: diplomat
European Union government representatives will resume talks on the level of a price cap on Russian seaborne oil on Friday evening, EU diplomats told Reuters.
Nearly half a ton of cocaine seized in Albania, 10 arrested
The shipment was imported from Colombia in September, first stopping in Thessaloniki and then unloaded in Bar, Montenegro.
Mitarakis: EU needs to share management of migration
It is time for solutions, actions, and results in managing migration, Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis said in doorstep comments before the EU’s Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting on Friday.
Soaring pension applications
More than 600,000 people are expected to have retired three years from now, as both this year and next it is estimated that the number of pension applications will approach or even exceed 200,000 on an annual basis, approximately the same as in 2021.
Crete: 7 Egyptians held, suspected of crewing migrant boat
Authorities on Crete say they have arrested seven Egyptians suspected of having crewed a fishing boat crammed with nearly 500 migrants that lost steering in high winds off the island and triggered a major rescue effort earlier this week.
Street markets, thrift stores are thriving
Secondhand items and shopping for clothes, shoes and linens at street markets are consumers’ solution to the rising cost of living. Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data show that in the third quarter of 2022 these two branches of retail trade showed the greatest increase in sales compared to the same period of 2021.
Social worker arrested after gun found in children’s shelter
Police on Friday arrested the head social worker in the Ark of the World children’s shelter in Kalamata, in the southwestern Peloponnese, after a gun was found in a drawer.
Pensioner linked to child prostitution ring released on bail
A 60-year-old man who was allegedly found with explicit photographs and videos on his phone of the 12-year-old Athens girl who was forced into prostitution by her mother’s employer was released from pretrial custody on Friday.
Revisiting Classical studies
The future of Classics is the focus of a four-day international conference organized in the Greek capital by the Academy of Athens, the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the Center for the Greek Language.
Bomb disposal experts called after hand grenades found in basement
Police have sealed off an area in the Athens central district of Kypseli after two hand grenades were found in a basement area. Bomb disposal experts arrived at the scene after the devices were discovered on Imvrou Street.