Man charged over central Athens knife attack
An Iraqi national who stabbed a 22-year-old woman in broad daylight on Friday on Ermou Street, a popular shopping spot in central Athens, has been given until Tuesday to prepare his defense.
I’ll quit long jump if rules changed – world champion Tentoglou
Greek Miltiadis Tentoglou threatened to quit the long jump event shortly after winning the world indoor title on Saturday if the sport implements a rule change intended to eliminate foul jumps.
Greek hoteliers have record expectations
Demand expectations by Greek hoteliers reached a historic high in the two months of January and February, in contrast to the rest of the Mediterranean market.
Tentoglou soars to second world indoor long jump title
Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece edged Italian teenager Mattia Furlani to win long jump gold at the world indoor athletics championships on Saturday, adding another world title to his glittering resume.
Crete demolitions saga continues
After the Court of First Instance of Lasithi on the island of Crete temporarily halted the demolition of unauthorized constructions on the beaches of Elounda, the Police Directorate of Lasithi has now granted a tacit postponement to the demolitions in Ierapetra.
Achievements since 1974 must not be ignored, Sakellaropoulou says
Greece is a “state of law with established democratic institutions” and it “would be dangerous to ignore the achievements of the last 50 years,” President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has told the final day of the “50 Years of the Metapolitefsi” conference taking place in Athens.
Senate puts F-16 sale and US-Turkey ties in the spotlight
Endy Zemenides, the executive director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, joins Thanos Davelis to break down Thursday’s debate in the Senate on the Turkey F-16 deal initiated by Senator Rand Paul, the message it sends about US-Turkey ties, and more.
Three-day conference on ‘50 Years of the Metapolitefsi’ – Day 3, Part 2
The final day of the conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the restoration of Greek democracy – a period known as the Metapolitefsi – is under way Saturday at the National Gallery in Athens.
Tsipras says he never contemplated leaving EU or euro
Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras has said he never contemplated taking Greece out of the European Union or dropping its common currency when he called the 2015 referendum.
Pickup expected in postal vote from abroad
Some 17,000 people have registered in just 11 days on the Interior Ministry platform for the postal vote, which creates optimism that the project will eventually be crowned with success.