Kasselakis says TV grandmother wasn’t his
The candidate for the presidency of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis, dismissed the claim made by a woman who was a guest on a TV show that she is his grandmother, saying that both his grandmothers have died.
ATHEX: Stock decline speeds up on local bourse
The stock decline accelerated on Tuesday at the Greek bourse, on reduced turnover too.
Police seize 31 antiquities from criminal gang
A rare, 4th century BC gold coin from a Greek colony on Crimea was among 31 antiquities confiscated in a raid on a premises in the Athens district of Paleo Faliro on Saturday. Police said that the objects were in the possession of a criminal gang engaged in the illegal trading of antiquities.
Most hospital violence occurs in emergency wards
Against the backdrop of rising incidents of physical assault against health personnel, a special discussion organized by the Medical Association of Thessaloniki highlighted the warning signs of violence outbreaks and ways to de-escalate the tension.
Climate change made Libya’s deadly rainfall up to 50 times more likely: study
Climate change made the heavy rainfall that led to deadly floods in Libya up to 50 times more likely, scientists said on Tuesday. The powerful September 10 storm caused two dams to break, inundating Libya’s eastern city of Derna and killing thousands of people.
Investigation underway into death of merchant navy cadet
An investigation has been launched into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 20-year-old merchant navy cadet, who was repatriated to Greece after falling ill on a training trip on a Greek-flagged tanker.
Military releases names of three Libya search-and-rescue team fatalities
The Hellenic National Defence General Staff has released the names of the three members of the Armed Forces who were part of a Greek search-and-rescue team in Libya that was killed in a road accident on Sunday.
‘We are friends with Greece,’ Erdogan says, taking swipe at opponents of F-16 sale
Ankara will not be swayed by pressure from US Congress or any of its officials via the matter of the F-16 sale, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Monday during an interview on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Thursday protest rally and strike swells as more unions join
A strike and rally called for Thursday by the Athens Labor Unions Organization (EKA) to protest recent government policy announcements gathered steam on Tuesday, as civil servants, air traffic controllers and bus drivers joined the action.
Parking attendant killer remanded to pretrial custody
A 68-year-old man who shot and killed a parking attendant in the capital’s port city of Piraeus over a trivial grievance has been remanded into pretrial custody.