Woman seriously injured after being hit by car
A woman was seriously injured on Thursday afternoon when a car moving at high speed hit her while she was waiting to cross the street in southern Athens.
Main opposition says Mitsotakis left country ‘unprotected’ against wildfires
The main opposition accused the government on Thursday of leaving Greece “unprepared and lacking” in means to fight the wildfires that have ravaged the country in the last two months.
Mitsotakis: Higher fines, prison sentences for arsonists
Fines will be increased and convicted arsonists will have to serve their sentence in jail even in cases of negligence, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday, during a parliamentary debate on the handling of the massive wildfires that have destroyed swathes of forest land in Greece over the past two months.
Diaspora Greeks in Greek politics
Much has been and will be written about the rather unexpected candidacy of Stefanos Kasselakis for the leadership of SYRIZA, the leftist main opposition in Greece. Whether it will resonate with the members and voters of SYRIZA will become evident very soon. But this concerns the party. Another dimension of this latest development has to…
Government condemns attack on journalist by shipowner
The Greek government on Wednesday denounced an attack against a journalist by a ship owner during a football match in Athens.
‘Not good enough’: Tsitsipas makes no excuses in early US Open exit
Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas said his recent form was simply “not good enough” as his poor run continued with yet another early exit from Flushing Meadows on Wednesday when Swiss qualifier Dominic Stricker stunned the seventh seed in the US Open second round in a five-set thriller.
Meloni to visit Athens, discuss stability pact, migration
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will pay a working visit to Athens on Thursday. Meloni will meet with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and, according to government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis, bilateral and regional issues and European agenda issues will be discussed.
Communist party briefly hospitalized for respiratory infection
Communist Party leader Dimitris Koutsoumbas was briefly hospitalized on Thursday due to a respiratory infection that has been affecting him for the past few days, Greek media reported.
One Hearts fan arrested after brawl in Thessaloniki
Four fans of Scottish football club Hearts were detained in Thessaloniki on Wednesday night when a fight broke out between them in the popular bar district of Ladadika.
About 150 migrants rescued from two sailboats off western Greece and in the Aegean Sea
About 150 migrants were rescued from overloaded sailboats provided by smugglers in two separate incidents Wednesday far off a western Greek island and off a Cycladic island near the Greek capital, the coast guard said.