Two officers charged with gang rape of 19-year-old woman
Two police officers of the DIAS motorcycle squad were charged with raping a 19-year-old woman in Omonia police station in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Justice keeps moving at a snail’s pace
Despite all the promises of reform and the solemn declarations of successive officials that justice delayed is justice denied, that is exactly what’s happening with Greece’s justice system. It is not just the successive requests of trial postponements, usually made by lawyers who have to divide their time between several cases on trial, it is…
Migrant boat in western Greece issues distress signal
A vessel with an unspecified number of migrants aboard called for help on Friday while sailing 47 miles off the town of Preveza in western Greece, a Coast Guard spokesperson said.
Two old Athens cinemas await site restoration to reopen
It will be a long time before the venerable Attikon and Apollon cinemas in central Athens will open again to the public.
Architects oppose historic school’s transformation
Plans to transform a historic trade school in downtown Athens into yet another hotel have prompted reactions from a group of architects, which has submitted emergency motions to the ministries of Culture and Environment for work to cease and the building to be listed for conservation.
Departure time for major railway projects
Significant works for the improvement and expansion of the national railway network of Greece are expected in the next five years, as in the next couple of months the government is set to draft its strategic timetable for railway investments in 2023-27.
Frontex says damning report findings ‘practices of the past’
The European Union’s border agency on Friday sought to put a damning report highlighting its involvement in covering up alleged migrant pushbacks from Greece behind it, saying that any wrongdoings are “practices of the past.”
Residents of western Greece warned about approaching thunderstorms
An emergency 112 alert has been issued to residents of the regions of Epirus, Western Greece, the Ionian Islands as well as the Western Peloponnese, warning them of dangerous weather conditions in the next 24 hours and calling on them to avoid unnecessary travel.
Panagiotopoulos to Akar: Talks futile while threats continue
Turkey will have to stop questioning Greece’s territorial sovereignty in order for the two countries to resume talks on confidence building measures (CBM), Greek Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos said on Friday.
Surveillance and reforms: The case of Greece
The recent case of the wiretapping of MEP and PASOK President Nikos Androulakis’ phone has led to strong criticism against the government about a “surveillance system,” the “Greek Watergate” etc. Of course surveillance operations and the role of intelligence services is a very sensitive issue.