A hospital in Thessaloniki has said that the supply of corneas for transplant has jumped following the much-publicized decision of the family of a 21-year-old woman to donate her organs after she died five days after being struck by a car in a hit and run in the city.
The Greek government has admitted to the New York Times that it gave an Athens-based company permits to export a phone hacking tool to Madagascar, a country with a history of cracking down on dissent.
It’s All Oh So Souvenir to Me has invited 40 designers to come up with their own modern versions of the traditional Greek New Year’s charm (gouri).
Finland would consider granting arms export permits to Turkey on a case-by-case basis, Finland’s Defense Minister said while visiting Ankara on Thursday, in an effort to bring Turkey round to supporting Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO membership bids.
Real estate investment companies Trastor and BriQ Properties are launching new investments in the logistics sector as they are keen to expand their presence in the Aspropyrgos area of western Attica.
The forensic findings from a crime scene in northern Greece where a police officer shot a teenager who allegedly failed to pay a gas station bill appear to be refuting the claims of the officer.
The government called for calm Thursday after overnight unrest in an Athens neighborhood and an area outside Greece’s second-largest city in the north following the police shooting of a Roma teenager during a police chase.
A self-styled anarchist group claimed responsibility on Thursday for an arson attack on cars at a senior Italian diplomat’s home in Athens this month, saying it was in solidarity with a jailed anarchist in Italy.
Lying in his cage near a busy Tirana road, Mark the brown bear nibbles listlessly at a pile of bread and lettuce as, just beyond the bars that have kept him captive for more than 20 years, a cat shares in his frugal meal.
European Union countries agreed Thursday to allow Croatia to fully open its borders and participate in Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone, but Bulgaria and Romania were told that they must wait longer to be allowed in.