A 14-year-old boy is expected to appear before a prosecutor after confessing to shooting his older brother dead. The body of the older brother, who was 17, was found on Thursday in Mandra, in Western Attica.
European parliamentary committee rapporteur Sophie in ’t Veld said while no definite proof emerged as to who installed and used Predator spyware on the Greek victims’ phones, and why, “everything is pointing in the direction of people in government circles.”
Greek central bank governor Yannis Stournaras said he would have preferred smaller rate hikes and any move to unwind the ECB’s 3.3 trillion euros bond-buying program should be “cautious and gradual”.
Greece’s growth rate will be 6% this year, more than the 3.2% originally expected, Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras said on Friday.
Traffic police Fthiotida, Central Greece, are investigating the causes of a single-vehicle collision that resulted in the death of a driver on the Athens-Lamia national highway.
Bulgaria’s parliament gave a green light on Friday for the purchase of a second batch of eight new F-16 fighter jets from the United States in a deal valued at about $1.3 billion.
On Thursday, charity SOS Mediterranee which operates the Ocean Viking said it had asked Greece, Spain and France to help as Italy and Malta had not responded to its docking requests.
The number of confirmed deaths after the sinking of a migrant boat at sea near Cape Kafireas rose to 23 on Friday, following the recovery of another body from the site of the shipwreck.
A court in Central Greece imposed a ten-year prison sentence on a 75-year-old lawyer after he was found guilty of the repeated sexual abuse of a girl.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Friday reiterated criticism of last month’s deal between Turkey and Libya’s Tripoli government on energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean.