Funeral of F-4 co-pilot held in Tripoli
The funeral of a Hellenic Air Force officer aboard the two-seater F-4E Phantom II fighter jet that crashed in the Ionian Sea on Monday was held at the Peloponnesian city of Tripoli on Thursday.
22 died in road accidents in January
Twenty-two people lost their lives and 578 were injured (13 seriously) in 517 road accidents involving cars, motorcycles and pedestrians in January in Attica, according to the Attica Traffic Police Directorate.
Making cots a thing of the past in public hospitals
An electronic platform at the operations headquarters of the National Center for Emergency Assistance that had fallen into disuse has been reactivated on the orders of the Health Ministry in a bid to tackle overcrowding at public hospitals.
Chania woman defrauded by fake crypto investor
A 27-year-old woman from Chania, Crete, told police she had been conned out of 150,000 euros by a man who claimed to be an investor and convinced her to invest in cryptocurrency.
New video shows coast guard harassment by Turkish vessel
A new video has been released documenting the incident on January 5 when a Turkish patrol boat harassed a Hellenic Coast Guard vessel and attempted to ram it near the eastern Aegean island of Farmakonisi.
Device causes minor damage at Athens apartment building
An incendiary device caused a small fire outside an apartment building shortly after midnight on Wednesday but only caused minor damage and no injuries, police said.
Memorial park in fire-ravaged Mati
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attend the opening ceremony of the memorial park in the East Attica town of Mati in memory of the victims of the devastating wildfire in 2018.
New survey gives ND 7.5-point lead
A new poll conducted by Marc on behalf of ANT1 TV gives ruling New Democracy a 7.5-point lead over SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance.
Blinken’s Athens visit limited to bilateral format
The visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Athens on February 21 will take place in a strictly bilateral framework, despite initial suggestions from Athens for a resumption at a ministerial level of the 3+1 format (Greece, Cyprus, Israel plus the US).
Senators to ask Biden to link F-16 sale to Ankara to NATO enlargement
Two US Senators are asking President Joe Biden to link the issue of NATO enlargement with the request submitted by Turkey for the upgrade and purchase of new F-16 fighter jets.