A constitutional lawyer dismissed on Thursday a claim by jailed former Golden Dawn deputy leader Ilias Kasidiaris that he could run in the next elections with a coalition of independent candidates, saying it is another effort to bypass a court ban on his party and candidacy.
A tourist bus from Bulgaria was completely destroyed on Thursday by fire that broke out while travelling on a secondary road in the region of Serres, in northern Greece.
Police arrested on Wednesday night a trolley bus driver after an anonymous tip informing them that the man he was carrying a weapon.
Dora Antoniou, Kathimerini’s political editor, joins Thanos Davelis to break down what went wrong for SYRIZA and Alexis Tsipras in Sunday’s elections, what this defeat means for the party looking ahead, and whether this is now PASOK and Nikos Androulakis’ big chance to reclaim the center-left.
Tourism may be considered Greece’s biggest industries, but it was mainly exports of goods that served as a lifeline for the economy and businesses both in the decade of the economic crisis and during the pandemic.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday framed the decision laying before voters in the new elections which are expected on June 2 as a choice on who will govern, not who will lead the opposition.
A caretaker government led by a judge and with non-politicians at the crucial posts will be sworn in Thursday. The leaders of the five parties represented in the Parliament agreed on Wednesday that no coalition cabinet was possible.
The Ministry of Finance, banks and funds are discussing changes to the basic terms of the out-of-court settlement, which will lead to the cancellation of debts for more debtors.
A new research center focusing on fighting cancer was inaugurated at the campus of the University of Cyprus earlier this week, aiming to bring together leading scientists working across different areas of biology and medical sciences to develop an internationally competitive program of research on cancer.
A group of robbers raided a factory trading in sugar and raw materials in the industrial area of Aspropyrgos, west Attica, overnight, police said Thursday.