Police on Crete have arrested a 35-year-old man who allegedly opened fire and injured three people near Iraklio, the island’s main city. One of those shot is believed to be a police officer, who has been hospitalized along with the other two injured people.
Baseblue, which will have offices in Greece, Argentina, Cyprus, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands, has been formed through an agreement between European companies BMS United Bunkers, Bunkernet, and SBI.
Police on Corfu have arrested a 64-year-old man for the murder of his 93-year-old mother, who was found dead in her home in the center of the city on Sunday. An autopsy revealed that the woman had been strangled.
Although Greece ranks among the most earthquake-prone regions in the world, it is largely uninsured against risks such as earthquakes and floods, but also in general against natural disasters that have intensified due to climate change, such as fires and heatwaves.
Authorities arrested two suspected members of a tobacco smuggling racket and seized thousands of contraband cigarettes in a police operation in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Monday morning.
Employees on the green Line 1 of the Athens metro have announced a work stoppage from 10 p.m. Wednesday in protest at draft legislation proposed by the Transport Ministry.
Farmers in Fthiotida, central Greece, have rolled out their tractors at the Atalanti junction of the Athens-Lamia highway in support of colleagues who are meeting with government officials at the prime minister’s office in Athens.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday announced that a one-off benefit of between 200 and 300 euros will be given to pensioners who did not see increases in their pensions due to the so called “personal difference” – i.e. the difference between pensions issued before and after the May 2016 cutoff date – measure, during a…
The desperate search for earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria entered its final hours Monday as rescuers using sniffer dogs and thermal cameras surveyed pulverized apartment blocks for any sign of life a week after the disaster.
Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the Greek response to last week’s deadly earthquake and the new perspective it gives to Greek-Turkish relations.