Man arrested for arson over Rafina blaze
A 38-year-old man was remanded into custody on Tuesday after responding to arson charges over a fire in Rafina in eastern Attica last Saturday.
Biopic on music legend Stelios Kazantzidis in the works
A biopic on the Greek music legend Stelios Kazantzidis (1931-2001) is currently being filmed in Athens, Piraeus and other locations in a Tanweer production directed by Yorgos Tsemberopoulos.
Storms coming to northeastern Greece, then sweeping south
The national weather service, EMY, issued an emergency bulletin on Tuesday warning of powerful storms starting in northwestern Greece on Wednesday and spreading south on Thursday, hitting several popular holiday destinations along the way.
Construction rackets under scrutiny in Athens assassination investigation
The police investigation into the Mafia-style assassination of a 54-year-old civil engineer in the northern Athens suburb of Neo Psychiko on Tuesday morning is reportedly focusing on the victim’s professional activities on popular holiday islands where illegal construction runs rampant.
The livestock farmer who was elected MEP with Greek Solution
Seeking to acquaint ourselves with the retired livestock farmer who is among the 21 MEPs who will represent Greece in the European Parliament, we visited Toula Alexandrakis’ butcher shop in Alexandroupoli, northeastern Greece.
Has the government reached a tipping point?
That things were not going well was already blatantly obvious – only the distortive lens of arrogance could make people who didn’t want to face up to the truth think otherwise.
Bakoyannis dismisses Samaras criticism of government
Dora Bakoyannis, a former minister and prominent MP and member of governing New Democracy, has dismissed Monday’s scathing comments by former conservative prime minister Antonis Samaras leveled against the government, as being reactionary and petulant.
Man gunned down in Athens suburb of Psychiko
Police in the Greek capital were out in force on Tuesday morning looking for a shooter who gunned down a man in the northern Athens of Psychiko in an execution-style assault.
Thessaloniki man arrested for allegedly abusing his elderly father
Police in Thessaloniki are investigating a suspected case of elder abuse after an 82-year-old man accused his son of beating him.
‘Macron consistently misjudges the views of the French public,’ says Berkeley expert
France is in danger of entering a permanent conflict, in case President Emmanuel Macron is forced to “cohabit” with Jordan Bardella after the elections. This is the assessment of political scientist Jonah Levy, vice chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Berkeley.