An Athens court rejected on Thursday a request by Romanian authorities for the extradition of French-Israeli billionaire Benny Steinmetz, ruling that his right to a fair trial in Romania has been violated and that he is at the real risk of inhuman and degrading treatment if extradited.
Greece’s Communist Party (KKE) announced Thursday it would not participate in a special parliamentary session on April 7 where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to address lawmakers, saying he is “part of the problem” his invaded country is facing.
The Greek government marked on Thursday the start of the construction of the long-delayed highway that will link the city of Patra in western Greece with the city of Pyrgos, in the northwestern Peloponnese.
Α 33-year-old mother who was charged with intentionally killing her 9-year-old daughter was on Thursday given until Monday to prepare her defense.
Digital Governance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis said on Thursday he had tested positive for Covid-19 after completing his regular testing.
The Greek government is considering a surgical reduction of value-added tax on food products that make up a large part of the shopping basket of vulnerable households.
It’s been one crisis after another for the last 20 years. Greece has been at the center of some, and battered by the tidal-wave aftershocks of others.
The Acropolis Museum is swithing to its summer schedule as of Friday (April 1), extending its opening hours into evening and keeping its terrace restaurant open to midnight every Friday and Saturday, it said on Thursday.
John Psaropoulos, an independent journalist based in Athens and Al Jazeera’s southeast Europe correspondent, joins our host Thanos Davelis to break down how Western sanctions on Russia are reorganizing global trade routes.