Opposition accuses gov’t MEP of breaching data protection laws
Opposition parties have alleged that a New Democracy MEP breached data protection regulations in emailing Greek voters overseas ahead of the European Parliament elections in June.
The freedom to fail
A question hovers over the conference on the 50 years since the restoration of democracy, known as the Metapolitefsi, which began Thursday.
Fresh decline in electricity rates this month
Electricity bills will be even lower in March, as the continued de-escalation of gas rates drags down the price of electricity in the wholesale market.
Country lagging behind in the battle against AIDS
Greece is far off the goals set by the United Nations to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, according to a recent report by the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC), which examines the progress of EU member-countries.
BEUC slams Meta’s non-compliance with GDPR
Consumer groups from eight countries in the European BEUC network, including from Greece, on Thursday filed complaints against Meta with their national data protection authorities.
Foreign policy milestones: EU accession, Turkey, Cyprus, Prespes
One of the areas where Greece made some of its greatest strides during the past 50 years has been in foreign policy, the second day of the “50 Years of the Metapolitefsi” conference heard on Friday.
Police nab street racers aged 62 and 29
Police charged two men, aged 62 and 29, with reckless driving on Friday for excessive speeding along the Athens-Sounio national road.
European crime ring behind 60 killings is dismantled, police say
International cooperation triggered by a spate of gangland murders in Greece has helped to dismantle a crime ring accused of more than 60 killings across Europe over the past decade, police said on Friday.
Heavy rainfall, hail, low temperatures forecast for Saturday
Friday’s stormy weather will continue on Saturday across almost all of Greece, the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY) has announced.
Papandreou: ND bears responsibility for populism in 2009
New Democracy bears a “huge responsibility” for its populism in undermining his government after Greece’s financial woes became known and for prolonging the country’s bailout regime, former prime minister George Papandreou has said.