Police announce arrest of two suspected members of foreign-led terrorist network
Police in Athens have said they arrested two terrorism suspects who had been planning attacks on Jewish targets in the country aimed at causing mass casualties.
Tsipras says ‘major change’ on the way after election
“Major change for the country” is coming, main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday, in his first reaction to the calling of the general election on May 21.
Third stationmaster released on bail
A full-time stationmaster working for Hellenic Railways (OSE) was released on conditions on Tuesday after testifying about his role in the Tempe railway disaster on February 28 that claimed 57 lives.
Bear caught with hand in the honey jar in northern Greece
A bear conservation group has released camera footage showing an adult bear raiding a bee farm on Mount Paiko in northern Greece and is advising beekeepers to keep a radio playing near their hives.
Police bust Athens-Kalamata drug racket
A joint operation between the police’s drug unit in Athens and its security division in Kalamata, southern Greece, had led to the dismantling of a drug racket worth at least 350,000 euros, the Hellenic Police (ELAS) said on Tuesday.
The Saudi Arabia-Iran deal and the view from Greece and Cyprus
Dr Theodoros Tsakiris joins Thanos Davelis to break down how the China-brokered deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran is currently viewed in the region, including by Greece and Cyprus.
Tunnel borer being assembled to start work on new Athens metro line
The first of two massive tunnel borers that will be put to work on the extension of the Athens metro is being assembled, the president of Attiko Metro SA announced on Tuesday.
Toll collector held up at gunpoint in northern Athens
Police were looking on Tuesday for a man who held up a toll collector at the Doukissis Plakentias toll station, in northern Athens, on the Attiki Odos ring road.
Girl, 11, files complaint of gang rape attempt at migrant camp
Authorities in the Evia town of Halkida are investigating the attempted gang rape of an 11-year-old resident of a migrant and refugee camp in Ritsona, northeast of the capital.
Greece to hold national election on May 21, PM announces
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called parliamentary elections for May 21, saying he wanted a clean slate to push through further reforms after four years at the helm.