Driver busts through toll booth barriers during migrant smuggling pursuit
A 20-year-old foreign national was arrested in Thessaloniki in the early hours of Sunday for migrant smuggling.
The US terms set to Ankara for F-16s
The letter of assurances sent by the US State Department to Congress foresees the suspension or cancellation of all or part of the delivery of defense items provided to a NATO ally if those defense articles are used for non-legitimate military purposes.
Minister underscores commitment to innovation, research
The government is committed to innovation and research, Development Minister Kostas Skrekas said on the occasion of the signing on Friday of a European Investment Bank (EIB) loan.
Court intervenes to remove minors from ‘Amish’ family living in tunnel
The underage children in a family that describes itself as an “early Christian community, similar to America’s Amish” and lives in a makeshift dwelling without rudimentary facilities in the northeast Peloponnese, have been taken into state care following the intervention of a prosecutor.
The Sculptures Speak | Athens | February 18
Curious minds are invited to a unique Sunday stroll through time in the First Cemetery of Athens (3 Logginou) on February 18 at 12:30 p.m.
Athens Chamber seeks to strengthen ties with Ukraine
Organizing a business mission to Ukraine before the end of the year is among the top priorities of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the President of ACCI Sophia Kounenaki-Efraimoglou has said.
Greek cinema funds boosted
As part of the state’s effort to promote modern Greek culture, the Greek Film Center (GFC) is to implement five new financial programs to boost the local industry.
Thessaloniki police arrest 70-year-old woman with trove of ancient artifacts and religious icons
A 70-year-old woman was arrested on Saturday by officers of the police’s Department of Cultural Heritage and Antiquities in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, after ancient objects and religious icons were found at her workplace and home.
Santorini wreck a ticking time bomb, residents warn
The wreck of a cruise ship, which ran aground near the popular tourist destination of Santorini in April 2007 and sank the next day, has remained an ecological bomb at the bottom of the island’s caldera, according to the coordinating committee of the Santorini Association for the Salvaging of the Sea Diamond Wreck in a…
Coastal zones bill submitted to Parliament
The Finance Ministry’s draft law on the use of public property in coastal areas was submitted to Parliament on Saturday. It includes regulations for the public’s free access to beaches, transparency in the commercial use of public property, environmental protection, the upgrading of the tourist product, the intensity of inspections and the imposition of strict penalties…