The European Commission on Thursday will propose ending the bloc’s enhanced surveillance for Greece, EU Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said, arriving at the Eurogroup meeting in Luxembourg.
Hellenic Police officers are conducting a largescale operation in Attica to dismantle a migrant smuggling ring in Athens on Thursday. There are over 100 police officers and nine workers from the judiciary participating in the operation. Over 20 people have been arrested, and 15 have been detained.
The European Central Bank reacted on Wednesday to soaring bond yields – primarily in Mediterranean member-states such as Greece – and its intervention had an immediate impact on the markets.
A fire broke out in the Attica suburb of Glyfada on Thursday at approximately 4 pm. The fire is located between a residential and wooded area. There are nine vehicles from the Hellenic Fire Service on the scene, as well as 21 firefighters. Two aircraft and a helicopter are also expected to help with putting…
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar met with his Greek counterpart Nikos Panagiotopoulos at the sidelines of a NATO meeting in Brussels and discussed maintaining dialogue to ease recently heightened tensions, Turkish media said on Thursday.
Two domestic workers were found innocent of theft due to a lack of evidence in a Thessaloniki courtroom on Thursday. The two had been accused by their 92-year-old employer of stealing 50 gold sovereigns stashed in a hidden compartment from his residence.
Evangelos Venizelos, former deputy prime minister and former PASOK leader, has been hospitalized with Covid-19 on Thursday.
Greek health authorities announced 7,158 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday during their daily briefing on the course of the pandemic, down from 9,288 on Wednesday. The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also stated that there were 8 virus-related deaths and said that there were currently 102 patients being treated in Intensive Care Units.
The trial of a British man charged with the premeditated murder of his sick wife in Cyprus’ coastal resort town of Paphos was pushed back until September on Thursday, with defense lawyers arguing that David Hunter should instead be charged with assisting a suicide.
Greek authorities have picked up two suspects, in separate arrests, who are wanted in China and the United States respectively for fraud on a major scale, the Hellenic Police (ELAS) announced on Thursday.