The Hellenic League for Human Rights has denounced Greek authorities for what it calls a failure to investigate the full scope of responsibility in the June 14, 2023, Pylos shipwreck, which claimed the lives of over 600 migrants.
The Greek stock market closed for Christmas with banks dragging the benchmark lower.
On the night of Sunday, December 15, Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ government emerged stronger from the three-day debate on the 2025 state budget proposal.
A 33-year-old Palestinian man was remanded in custody on Monday after being charged with attacking a 29-year-old woman with a metal rod on December 20 in the Exarchia district of Athens, leaving her critically injured.
Greece and Israel have signed a bilateral agreement that both sides say will promote regional energy stability.
Heavy traffic has been reported in the center of Athens and on other major thoroughfares in the Attica region in the run-up to Christmas.
President Katerina Sakellaropoulou extended holiday greetings to Greeks abroad, recognizing their vital role in preserving Greece’s ideals and promoting its cultural heritage worldwide.
Italy’s government pledged on Monday to push ahead with a contested plan to detain asylum seekers in centers built in Albania and said it would work with allies on “innovative” ideas to curb flows of irregular migrants into Europe.
As his term in Greece nears its end, US Ambassador George Tsunis reflects on his tenure in an interview with Kathimerini.