Urban planning corruption ring charged €20,000 for permits
Six municipal officials, including the directors of urban planning services, are among the 21 people arrested in a corruption crackdown targeting urban planning offices in Halkidiki.
Police arrest man with 260 fake documents
A 31-year-old man was arrested Monday night in Athens’ Agios Panteleimonas district after police discovered 260 suspected counterfeit travel documents.
Fragmentation and reorganization
If the SYRIZA lawmakers who became independent and are close to the party’s former leader Stefanos Kasselakis manage to reach 10, the parliamentary group they will form will be the 10th in the current house.
The day after Syria’s earthquake
The speed of the Assad regime’s fall took everyone by surprise. The only people who might have suspected how hollow it was must have been the Russians and Iranians who had been propping it up.
Greece to host EU-backed AI factory, PM announces
Greece is among seven European Union nations selected to establish one of Europe’s first artificial intelligence (AI) factories with funding from the European Commission and national sources, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced Tuesday.
Turkey weighing pro-Kurdish party bid to meet jailed PKK leader, minister says
Turkey’s justice minister has said the pro-Kurdish DEM Party’s application to meet jailed Kurdish militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan was under consideration, without giving details.
Austria drops veto on Bulgaria, Romania fully joining Schengen travel zone
Austria is dropping its veto on Romania and Bulgaria becoming full members of Europe’s Schengen free-travel area, its interior ministry said on Monday, paving the way for European Union interior ministers to approve the move at a meeting on Thursday.
Britain and Cyprus team up to stop illicit Russian cash flow
Britain and Cyprus pledged on Tuesday to fight illicit Russian cash flows during a visit by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in an endorsement of the pro-west tilt the Mediterranean island has taken since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Antiquities hoard found in central Athens basement
An illegally acquired hoard of antiquities, including objects from the Geometric (1100-750 BC) to the Hellenistic (up to 31 BC) periods and 3,247 coins, has been discovered in the basement of a commercial property in central Athens, the Culture Ministry has announced.