When a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan’s scenic and largely rural east coast county of Hualien on Wednesday, local official Chang Tung-yao knew exactly what to do, having experienced a similar temblor six years before.
The Greek police conducted an operation against six criminal gangs in the Attica region on Monday, arresting 50 suspected members, while identifying 187 others.
A 53-year-old woman and her 47-year-old partner are facing trial on charges of arson and assault after a domestic violence incident led to a house being set on fire Wednesday night in a village near the northern port city of Thessaloniki.
The leader of the far-right Spartans party has said that he “supports and embraces all the MPs of his party,” as two of his MPs declared themselves independent hours after a Supreme Court prosecutor brought charges of electoral fraud against eleven MPs elected with the party in the last election.
Three men face charges following their arrest on Wednesday for their involvement in a brawl outside a soccer stadium in the southern part of Piraeus.
The government is distancing itself from the overambitious goals set by the European Union for the green transition.
Dana Schutz’s exhibition “The Island,” curated by Courtney J. Martin, the Paul Mellon Director of the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) and executive director of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, is set to open at the George Economou Collection (80 Kifissias, thegeorgeeconomoucollection.com).
A 39-year-old man arrested for the murder of his ex-girlfriend outside a police station in Athens has been remanded to a prison psychiatric ward pending trial after testifying before an investigative magistrate.
The Athens Philharmonic Orchestra presents “Historical Experiences” at the Athens Conservatoire (17-19 Vasileos Georgiou, athensconservatoire.gr).
Ships and ferries will remain docked on April 17 throughout Greece following a decision by the Panhellenic Seamen’s Federation to join a 24-hour nationwide strike called by private-sector trade union federation GSEE on the same day.