Claiming solidarity with an imprisoned anarchist in Italy, a self-styled anarchist group claimed responsibility for an arson attack on cars at a senior Italian diplomat’s home in Athens earlier this month.
Clashes between groups of ethnic Roma and police escalated Thursday evening when a group of 25 Roma opened fire against special police forces in the suburb of Aspropyrgos, west of the capital Athens, police say.
A Roma man was shot dead late Thursday after a fight in a camp near the town of Megara, west of Athens.
Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias told a conference in Athens on Wednesday that Greece’s tourism cooperation with the US and Israel has been reflected in the rise in tourism traffic to Athens.
Greek stocks maintained their growth course for another day on Thursday, though this time banks were not the protagonists – that role fell to other blue chips, especially power companies, as well as the majority of mid-caps.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the leader of the opposition, Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras, clashed in Parliament on Thursday during a debate on a bill on surveillance and wiretapping.
Turkey’s foreign minister on Thursday accused Greece of not recognizing the Muslim minority in the country’s northeastern Thrace region as an “ethnic minority” and thus of violating an international treaty.
Police have made seven arrests and four detentions during an extensive operation in Western Attica following disturbances in the area on Wednesday night.
Officials have found 57,000 euros in cash in a safe deposit box kept by the mother of the priest at the centre of a child abuse and financial scandal at one of the country’s best-known children’s charities.