Man shot dead in Thessaloniki
A 51-year-old man was shot dead by an unknown assailant in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Thursday.
The Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting and the potential for a reset in Greek-Turkish relations
Professor Kostas Ifantis joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the main takeaways from the Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting at the NATO summit as the two leaders agreed to repair ties while maintaining “calm waters” in the Aegean.
TV studio evacuated after bomb threat
A television studio in Spata, a town 20 kilometres east of downtown Athens, was evacuated on Thursday after a caller warned that a bomb had been placed at the building.
Explosion damages Masonic Hall in central Athens
A small-scale explosion of an improvised explosive device caused limited damage to a Masonic Hall in central Athens on Thursday morning.
Focus on auxiliary pensions
The protracted election period did not stop the process of clearing pending pension applications, despite a slight slowdown.
Man fined 120,000 euros for animal abuse, abandoning four kittens
A 76-year-old man from the island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, was fined a whopping 120,000 euros for animal abuse and abandoning four kittens.
Seven defendants in Kampanos murder get life
The Mixed Jury Court of Thessaloniki handed life sentences to seven of the 12 convicted for the murder of 19-year-old Alkis Kampanos in a sports club-related attack in February 2021. The other five were each given 20-year sentences, while the court had previously accepted the prosecution’s proposal not to recognize extenuating circumstances. The case, however,…
Summit agreement for restart with Turkey
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reached a political agreement that will lead to a prolonged period of calm in Greek-Turkish relations and the establishment of a communication channel at the highest level on Wednesday during their meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius. The three-pronged agreement stipulates…
Rethink about police at universities
New Citizen Protection Minister Notis Mitarakis on Wednesday announced a radical rethinking of the role and structural organization of the special university police force set up by the government in its previous term.
Greek Finance Ministry tables supplementary budget
The National Economy and Finance Ministry tabled a supplementary state budget of 700 million euros on Wednesday to cover additional expenditures related to the government’s support in 202 measures included in a new economy bill.