The Greek police fired tear gas and flashbang grenades against a group of approximately 30 hooded youths who were throwing petrol bombs and setting fire to garbage containers following a student rally in central Athens on Thursday. One policeman sustained minor injuries during the clashes.
The 48-year-old man, previously detained on Thursday morning in connection with the murder of a 50-year-old musician found deceased in a downtown Athens apartment, has been formally arrested.
The opera “Medge,” created by the eminent Greek composer Spyros Samaras (1861-1917), is presented at the Olympia Municipal Music Theater (59 Akadimias) on February 17.
Τhe new independent operational unit of HRADF entitled Project Preparation Facility (PPF) was appointed by the Governmental Committee of Projects of Strategic Importance of Law 4799/2021, to mature, execute the tender process, and supervise the implementation phase of the project “Renovation and Modernization of Hospitals in Greece” (RRF 16795), of the responsibility of the Ministry…
Two men accused of murdering an 89-year-old woman near the northern port city of Thessaloniki were arrested and are expected to appear before the court on Thursday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis “is willing to meet [the protesting farmers] on Monday,” provided they lift their road blocks on the national highway network, government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said on Thursday.
More than 15,000 protesters gathered in central Athens Thursday to oppose plans by Greece’s conservative government to allow private universities in the country starting next year.
A police officer of the DIAS motorcycle unit was been treated at a hospital on Thursday after being stabbed on the shoulder blade during a routine patrol in Omonia square, central Athens, on Wednesday night.
Germany sent a powerful air defence frigate on Thursday to join an European Union naval mission in the Red Sea that will be launched in mid-February to protect merchant ships from attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia.
Health authorities are keeping a close eye on the recent cases of measles in the country among adults, amid outbreaks in Romania, France, the UK and Austria.