Police on Friday announced the dismantling of a criminal organization whose members systematically committed thefts, posing as employees of the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator
A boat that left Libya carrying Pakistani Hameed Iqbal Bhatti and hundreds of others sank off Greece last week, in one of the deadliest migrant disasters of recent years. He is missing and presumed dead, according to his brother, highlighting the perils faced by people who seek to enter Europe illegally.
The Thessaloniki Museum of Photography is presenting an exhibition dedicated to Greek photographer Yannis Behrakis (1960-2019) with material from the rich archive of the internationally renowned photojournalist.
Maritime nations including Denmark and the Marshall Islands are rallying support for a global carbon dioxide emissions levy on shipping, with talks at a critical stage ahead of a UN agency meeting next month that could back the measure. Large ship-owning nations Greece and Japan are also on board.
A moratorium on pre-election activities ahead of Sunday’s general election comes into force at midnight Friday.
Conservative New Democracy enjoys a 21.5 percentage point over its main rival, leftist SYRIZA, according to a new opinion poll conducted by Marc for ANT1.
The man charged with the abduction and murder of Polish woman Anastazja Rubinska on the Dodecanese island of Kos will face prosecution for her rape.
A court in Cyprus has ordered that two Syrian men remain in police custody for seven days on suspicion of people smuggling after authorities rescued a total 45 Syrian migrants aboard two rickety vessels off the island nation’s southern coast.
Police in the Athens district of Nikea have arrested a 48-year-old man who abused and threatened a shop employee with a grenade.
Greece is heading into an election weekend with its public debt trading near the levels enjoyed by first-class peripheral countries, a decade after a debt crisis forced a dramatic reshaping of its borrowing. The premium investors demand to hold Greek debt instead of that of top-ranked peripheral countries such as Spain is narrowing.