Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos and Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister for Public Order and Security and Minister of Interior Ivan Demerdzhiev paid a visit on Wednesday to the border fence near the village of Poros in Evros, in the border region with Turkey.
Representative Chris Pappas, a member of the Hellenic Caucus of the United States House of Representatives, issued a statement condemning the address by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
Greek customs officers located and seized a large shipment of cocaine, worth approximately 1,938,000 euros, in the port of Piraeus this week.
A grenade was found in a Thessaloniki worksite on Wednesday. The Hellenic Police was called in and immediately set on defusing the explosives.
Swedish fintech company Klarna International, offering alternative forms of credit to consumers and companies, has decided to enter the Greek credit market and has already had a successful Greek group invest in it. Its chief executive officer explained to Kathimerini why Klarna chose to set up shop in Greece.
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias issued a stern response to the incendiary accusation against Greece by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
The President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou received the leader of opposition party PASOK-KINAL Nikos Androulakis on Wednesday afternoon at the presidential mansion. It was his first meeting with the president since his election as the party’s leader.
A 15-year-old boy from Arcadia, southern Greece, was killed on Tuesday when his bicycle crashed into that of another teen who was cycling in front of him, local police said Wednesday.
Food service and accommodation in July saw turnover beat the record from three years earlier, thanks to the explosive growth of tourism, but also partly to the increase in prices-charges in both sectors.
A nurse at the General Hospital of Nikaia, in Piraeus, suffered an electric shock on Tuesday morning after accidentally touching exposed wires while working in the Covid ward, the union representing Greek public hospital staff (POEDIN) said Wednesday.