Migrant boat sinks off Turkey’s coast, killing at least 20 people
A rubber dinghy carrying migrants sank off Turkey’s northern Aegean coast on Friday, killing at least 20 people, officials said.
Kasselakis urges PM to ‘stop hiding’ amid data breach allegations
Leftist SYRIZA opposition leader Stefanos Kasselakis has reacted to the ruling New Democracy party’s decision to exclude MEP Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou from their candidate list for the European elections, labeling it as political tactics. Asimakopoulou is accused of using an official, non-public voter register for campaigning.
Greece will keep supplying Ukraine
Greece will continue supplying Ukraine with guns and ammunition this year without depleting its stocks.
Fallout from data breach scandal escalates
Interior Ministry General Secretary Michalis Stavrianoudakis on Friday tendered his resignation amid the scandal involving mass campaign emails sent by a New Democracy MEP to Greek voters residing overseas, breaching GDPR regulations.
3 suspects, including 2 police officers, arrested for drug trafficking in Igoumenitsa
Three individuals, including two police officers, were apprehended on charges of drug trafficking in northwestern Greece in the early hours of Friday.
Athens games promote Paris Olympics
Schoolchildren jump up in the air during a flashmob at the Panathenaic Stadium, host of the first modern Olympics, in Athens on Thursday.
Dutch experts back river diversion for Thessaly
Dutch post-disaster advisers support the idea of diverting River Acheloos in Epirus as “the most sustainable solution” to alleviate the water scarcity problem that is threatening agricultural production in the Thessaly region of central Greece.
Plan to revitalize ODOS unit amidst data showing lackluster enforcement of public protest laws
Οut of the 315 rallies held in Athens since the beginning of the year, only 140 were officially notified to the authorities as required by law, according to data from the Greek Police (ELAS).
New Democracy MEP withdraws from European elections amid data breach allegations
New Democracy MEP Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou announced on Friday that she would not be contesting in the upcoming European Parliament elections in June, following allegations of violating data protection regulations by sending mass campaign emails to Greek voters living overseas.
Effective tax system, effective public expenditure are both key to growth
Fabrizia Lapecorella, deputy secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, has indirectly identified three main weaknesses in Greece’s fiscal policy.