Greece, Israel sign 2023 defense cooperation program
Greece and Israel signed the 2023 Defense Cooperation Program in a meeting in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (HNDGS) announced.
Strikes, protests and clashes over deadly rail collision
Clashes broke out in Athens Thursday after a general strike in Greece that was called in response to a rail disaster last month.
Man arrested in Thessaloniki for sexually abusing child
Police arrested a 47-year-old man in Thessaloniki on Tuesday night who is wanted for sexually abusing the child of his former partner.
ACS Athens avent: Harnessing the power of AI
The answer to this question is not straightforward, as the impact of AI on humankind can be both beneficial and harmful depending on how it is used and implemented.
Hellenic Train to pay families of rail crash victims, injured passengers
Hellenic Train, whose train crashed in a head-on collision with a freighter on Feb. 28, killing 57 people on board, announced on Wednesday it will make advance payments to the families of the victims and to the passengers injured in the crash in Tempe, to cover their immediate financial needs.
Commissioner Reynders to discuss EU rule of law report in Athens visit
European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, will visit Athens on March 16 and 17, to discuss the EU’s findings of the Rule of Law 2022 report for Greece, and other justice-related issues.
Thousands walk off the job to protest deadly train crash
Thousands of Greek workers walked off the job on Thursday and rallied in central Athens to protest failures of safety standards they claim helped cause the country’s deadliest train crash, which killed 57 people on Feb. 28.
Prosecutor orders probe into stability of Servia bridge
A prosecutor in northern Greece ordered a preliminary investigation onto the stability and safety of the Servia High Bridge (also known as Lake Polyphytos Bridge) in western Macedonia, amid concerns over serious structural problems.
Greeks walk off the job to protest over deadly train crash
Flights to and from Greece were grounded and ships remained docked at ports on Thursday, as Greek workers walked off the job to protest over the country’s deadliest train crash on record which killed 57 people on Feb. 28.
Heavy rain forecast in Greece from Thursday to Saturday
The National Meteorological Service on Thursday issued an updated weather warning for the next few days, which forecasts heavy rain, strong winds and possible hail storms in various parts of Greece until Saturday.