An appeals court in Crete has confirmed the conviction of a Norwegian man for the murder of his wife in January 2021. The man, now aged 50, will continue to serve his life sentence for the murder, which the court unanimously ruled was premeditated and committed in a clear state of mind.
Mariia Doloban was one of millions of refugees who fled Ukraine, but like many others has since returned, saying she feels better back home than abroad, where children either study remotely or struggle in local schools. They fled the southern city of Kherson for Thessaloniki in April 2022, but her son Oleksii felt lost in…
The Hellenic Competition Commission has expressed its concern over the acquisition of construction company Aktor by Intrakat, saying that it would investigate the deal and announce its decision roughly in three months. In a statement, the competition authority said the investigation of Intrakat’s full acquisition of Aktor, the construction branch of the Ellaktor Group, began…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, the Kremlin said on Friday. Two Turkish sources told Reuters on Thursday that the meeting would primarily discuss Black Sea grain exports.
Greece has missed out on the quarterfinals of the FIBA World Cup as it crumbled against Lithuania in the second half on Friday to go down 92-67.
Private companies whose premises were fully or partially destroyed in wildfires can suspend employment contracts with their employees while workplaces are being repaired, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security has said, noting that the suspensions cannot last more than three months.
The country’s new identity cards, which will be issued from September 25, will not contain “any chips or cameras or listening devices,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has told the cabinet. The announcement that new IDs are on the way has mobilized conspiracy theorists, who see the new cards as a fresh attempt by the authorities…
The revised plan for projects to be financed through the EU’s Recovery Fund that was submitted by the Greek government Thursday notably requests an extra €795 for projects that will help in the transition to green energy, from households making their homes more efficient to production of biomethane and carbon capture projects.
Arthur Petrov, a 33-year-old dual Russian-German citizen, was arrested on August 26 in Cyprus at the US government’s request, according to a statement from US Attorney Damian Williams in Manhattan.
With the final deadline for submission of income tax statements at 3 p.m. Thursday, tax authorities announced that additional tax payments – beyond tax withheld at source, mostly for salaried employees and pensioners – was 12.5% higher than last year.