Two men, aged 67 and 37, who were arrested for shooting a man in Crete, were given until Tuesday (Feb. 21) to prepare their defence over attempted murder and violation of laws on weapons.
An anti-corruption unit is being activated at the Finance Ministry, which will probe cases of fraud and corruption within the ministry.
US Assistant Secretary of Defense for international security affairs, Celeste Wallander, will visit the northern city of Alexandroupolis on Monday, where she will be briefed about the port’s role in facilitating the shipment of American and NATO weapons and personnel to Central and Eastern Europe, a local news website reported.
Greece’s national elections are, according to all indications, set to take place on April 9, with reports citing a series of government moves that testify to the intention to set up ballots a week before Easter Sunday.
The excellent relations between Greece and the United States were highlighted once again in the contacts that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had on Friday at the 59th Munich Security Conference, ahead of a visit on Monday to Athens of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
A 30-year-old cadet was found hanged inside his cabin on a Liberian-flagged cargo ship on Friday, state-run broadcaster ERT reported. The man was a foreign national.
Hotels at various popular destinations around Greece are reporting occupancy rates close to 100 percent for Carnival long weekend (February 25-27), particularly in areas with popular street parades such as Patras and Rethymno.
From the pattern of old tax case closures (“peraiosi”), Greek governments have quickly shifted to debt arrangements.
Nearly two weeks after a massive earthquake leveled tens of thousands of buildings and displaced millions of people in Turkey and Syria, many are still struggling to fulfill their basic needs and some are bedding down in tents, factories, train cars and greenhouses.
Greek and Serbian law enforcement are reportedly tantalizingly close to solving a double murder that occurred in a villa in Halikouna Beach on the island of Corfu in July 2020.