Suspects in mammoth Thessaloniki cocaine haul remanded
A Thessaloniki magistrate on Thursday ordered that five suspects in the biggest drug bust ever to have taken place in the northern port city be held in custody until their trial.
Covid-related deaths shoot up to 53 on weekly basis
The number of Covid-related deaths rose sharply in the week from September 23 to October 1, reaching 53 from 35 the week before that, according to the National Organization for Public Health (EODY).
First of three FDI frigates is launched
Greece’s ambitious armaments procurement program reached another milestone Wednesday with the official launch of the frigate Kimon at Lorient, France.
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PM: Greece to seek more EU support for migration, climate change
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday said that he plans to seek an increase in the European Union budget for migration and asylum so that frontline countries receive more support, as well as for initiatives aimed at helping member-states deal with the impact of climate change.
Halkidiki woman sentenced to 11 months for biting police officer
A 65-year-old woman was handed an 11-month prison sentence on Thursday for assaulting a police officer citing her for a parking offense in Halkidiki, northern Greece.
Former public health chief to lead Athens’ Columbia Global Center
The Columbia Global Center in Athens, an initiative launched by the respected American university in Greece in November 2022, will be headed by Dr. Theoklis Zaoutis, a physician and researcher and most recently the president of Greece’s National Public Health Organization (EODY).
New measures in pipeline to ease inflation in Cyprus
Nicosia is expected to announce measures to alleviate the impact of inflation by end-October, while in early 2024 the Cypriot government plans to implement the new green tax on fuel, together with compensatory measures, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said while handing over the 2024 state budget to Parliament Speaker Annita Demetriou.
Olive oil producers call for investigation into produce heist
Twenty five olive oil producers who stored their production in an agricultural cooperative in Polygyros, northern Greece, from where it recently disappeared have filed criminal charges against unknown persons with the security police asking authorities to investigate how this happened and who is behind it.
EU’s Wojciechowski says damage in flooded region ‘beyond what I imagined’
European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski said on Thursday that the damage caused in central Greece by two major storms over the last month was “beyond what I had imagined.”