The head of Greece’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority, Charalambos Vourliotis, has ordered the freezing of accounts belonging to 140 individuals allegedly involved in a case of fraud, fictitious transactions and VAT evasion amounting to approximately 150 million euros, it was reported on Wednesday.
The Athens Coffee Festival returns to Technopolis (100 Pireos) from September 28 to 30, offering another exciting event for java enthusiasts.
The Tourism Ministry has responded to media reports about its spending of almost 18,000 euros on two Persian Nain carpets, saying the items will “contribute to the promotion of the positive image of our country at an international level.”
Nefeli Publishing is hosting the group exhibition “Empty Chairs” at S22 (22 Smolenski) as part of the Year of Giannis Skarimpas, marking 40 years since the Greek author’s death.
Former France forward Anthony Martial, who left Manchester United in June after nine years at the club, has joined AEK Athens, the top-flight club has said.
Police in Thessaloniki have arrested a 60-year-old man who, after paying a 28-year-old man to have sex with him, allegedly threatened the younger man with a hunting rifle and demanded his money back after the act.
A 35-year-old female tourist has been killed in a rockfall in Crete’s Samaria Gorge and other tourists are understood to be stranded in the area, where they were hiking.
A random leak at the Sotiria Hospital in 2015 revealed the belongings of hundreds of patients who died of tuberculosis in the previous century and were buried unnamed in mass graves in the hospital grounds.
A 36-year-old man was injured in a shooting in the Kerameikos district of downtown Athens on Wednesday morning.
Cyprus’ top court ordered Wednesday that the country’s comptroller general be removed from his post for alleged misconduct and interferences in the works of judiciary.