Riot police units come under attack in Exarchia
Two riot police units stationed in the central Athens district of Exarchia were attacked by unknown assailants on two separate occasions late Tuesday, reports said.
Legendary Galis honored
Legendary Greek basketball player Nikos Galis will be awarded an honorary doctorate from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki’s Physical Education and Sports Science Department for his outstanding contribution to sport, culture and society.
No transfer of S-300s to Ukraine
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed Greece’s clear refusal to the possibility of sending Russian-made S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine during a dinner in honor of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Athens on Monday evening.
Bystander killed in shooting at Nea Ionia hookah lounge
Police are searching for seven men after investigators said one of them fired into a cafe and fatally shot an innocent customer.
PASOK chief chides ND, SYRIZA for past failures
PASOK will only help ruling New Democracy or main opposition SYRIZA form a government in the event of an inconclusive election result if it has a strong enough voice to pass its policy priorities and the potential coalition can agree on a leader who can express the “necessary political change,” socialist […]
Greece open to dialogue but with terms
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken left Athens on Tuesday with the understanding that Athens has all the good intentions to lay the groundwork that could lead to a candid dialogue with Turkey on the basis of all that Athen can discuss, and not on that of Ankara’s maximalist agenda and claims.
Leap in short-stay revenues
Short-term rental industry revenues soared in Greece in 2022, with the island of Paros, Argostoli in Kefalonia, Peraia near Thessaloniki, the Athens suburb of Glyfada, Pefkohori in Halkidiki and, of course, the capital as a whole recording the largest increases.
For the first time, genetically modified trees have been planted in a US forest
On Monday, in a low-lying tract of southern Georgia’s pine belt, a half-dozen workers planted row upon row of twig-like poplar trees.
Casino dash before new Cyprus gov’t
A House committee in the Republic of Cyprus is blocking three appointments on a casino commission until after the new cabinet takes shape on March 1, with members raising conflict of interest concerns and the outgoing government insisting it should be allowed to fill the vacant positions now.
Former prime minister Karamanlis calls it a day
Former prime minister Kostas Karamanlis, 66, announced Tuesday that he won’t run in the next elections.