Greek Health Minister Michalis Chryssochoidis sacked the manager and deputy manager of the Venizelio General Hospital of Iraklio, Crete, on Tuesday, after discovering that surgeries were being postponed due to a lack of medical personnel.
The trial of the mayor-elect of Himare in southern Albania, Fredi Beleri, and his associate Pantelis Kokavesis, which was scheduled to begin at a special anti-corruption court in Tirana on Tuesday was postponed for the second time in two weeks, according to state-run broadcaster ERT.
Ahead of the second round of local elections everyone was expecting New Democracy to cement its political dominance across Greece. Instead, New Democracy candidates suffered surprise defeats in key regions and municipalities, including Athens and Thessaloniki.
Cyprus is on track to meet 40% of its energy needs through solar power by 2030, according to Francesco La Camera, the director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis has been in Luxembourg since Monday to take part in the Eurogroup and ECOFIN meetings.
Thessaloniki stands to suffer most from the halt in Israeli tourism flows due to the war in the Middle East.
Dozens of US citizens from Israel arrived in Cyprus early Tuesday on the first evacuation boat organised by the United States amid the escalating crisis in the Middle East.
American technology giants are increasingly absorbing Greek startups, mainly because of the technology but also for the talent that accompanies their small teams, through “acquihiring.”
A Thessaloniki court has sentenced a British woman, whose aggressive drunken behavior caused the plane she was flying on make an emergency landing in the city on Sunday, to 17 months’ imprisonment, suspended for three years.
Police in Athens have dismantled what they believe to be drug trafficking ring that imported large quantities of cocaine from South America to Piraeus. Three Greek women were arrested and 60 kilograms of cocaine were seized as part of a month-long operation.