Man arrested on Kos in missing woman case
Authorities on the Dodecanese island of Kos have arrested a man on suspicion of the abduction of 27-year-old Anastazja Rubińska, a Polish citizen who has been missing since Monday.
Thessaloniki hit by flooding
Firefighters in Thessaloniki received 300 calls for assistance following flooding in the northern city during the early hours of Saturday morning as the National Weather Service has warned of rain and storms in most parts of the country on Saturday.
Over 200,000 new pensions for 2023
Almost 1,200 pension applications are being processed per day by the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA), while last month, according to data from the Labor Ministry’s Helios database, almost 30,000 new pensions were paid out.
Coast Guard continues search for shipwreck survivors off southwestern Peloponnese
Search operations continued on Saturday in the sea region 47 nautical miles southwest of the Greek town of Pylos, southwestern Peloponnese, where a fishing boat carrying migrants sunk on Wednesday, killing at least 78 people.
HFSF’s stake in Attica Bank set to rise to 72%
A legal provision on deferred taxation, for the third time in the last two years, has been triggered by Attica Bank recording a 386.6-million-euro loss for 2022, leading to a new increase in the percentage controlled by bank rescue fund HFSF in Attica’s share capital, from the current 69.5% to almost 72%.
Europol asked to help smash ring behind deadly migrant boat sinking
The same human trafficking ring responsible for Wednesday’s shipwreck off Pylos in southern Greece had ferried people from Libya to Italy 18 times in two months, according to reports.
New alert about migrant vessel two days after disaster
Italy on Friday alerted Greece to a vessel holding dozens of migrants sailing off the southern coastal town of Pylos, two sources said, just two days after an overcrowded fishing boat sank nearby killing at least 78 people.
Victim identification team establishes telephone hotline
A Migration Ministry team established to assist in the effort to identify the victims of Wednesday’s shipwreck will begin taking calls on Saturday. The Disaster Victims Identification Team telephone center, which will operate from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, will be able to deal with calls in English, Arabic, Pashto and Urdu.
Climate change spells bleak future for viticulture
Experts warn that many regions in Greece will become unfit for viticulture by 2050 due to climate change. Indeed, if the climate crisis worsens by the end of the century, few vineyards will remain, primarily in higher-altitude locations.
Why Currys is selling its Greek arm
The likely sale of retail chain Kotsovolos is expected to create a new landscape in the domestic market of electrical and electronic household appliances, especially since it is its biggest player.