Eight civil servants who were found guilty of manslaughter by negligence in a trial last week over a 2017 flood that claimed 25 lives in Mandra, west of Athens, were handed 5- and 4-year suspended sentences on Thursday.
Sumeyye Gulen, niece of US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, was arrested by Turkish border patrol while trying to flee the country and enter Greece through the northeastern land border, Turkey’s Defense Ministry announced Thursday.
The Inter-Ministerial Committee for Public-Private Partnerships, chaired by Alternate Development and Investments Minister Nikos Papathanasis, on Wednesday approved five new projects involving roadworks and water management worth 1.5 billion euros.
Charlotte Smith was in elementary school when she first heard about Greece, reading Rick Riordan’s tales about the boy-hero Percy Jackson, inspired by Greek mythology.
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou addresses the Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on Wednesday in what was viewed as one of the her most important speeches since she assumed duties in 2020.
Greece will recommend setting 2033 as a deadline for completing the accession process for the Western Balkans when EU leaders meet on Thursday at the European Council, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said as he arrived for the meeting in Brussels.
Five people have been arrested since Thursday morning in two regions of Greece in an ongoing police operation to smash a criminal ring whose members are accused of committing frauds.
A fund of 190 million euros for the upgrade and expansion of the naval base at Souda Bay on Crete is included in the armament program presented on Wednesday by Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos to the relevant parliamentary committee.
A dozen European Union countries have been affected by cuts to gas supply from Russia, EU climate policy chief Frans Timmermans said on Thursday.
In response to Turkey’s clear aggression in the Aegean, the State Department has resorted to a policy of neutrality and equidistance.