Damage to Aegina water pipeline ‘no coincidence’
The Attica Regional Authority has attributed the latest damage to the underwater pipeline for Aegina island in the Saronic Gulf to sabotage.
Athens airport IPO attracts strong demand after two-year lull in Europe
The initial public offering of a 30% stake in Athens International Airport, Greece’s largest gateway for tourists, attracted strong demand, the airport said on Friday, marking the first successful launch of a major IPO in Europe this year.
Greece extends tax return on agricultural diesel as farmers protest
Greece will extend a special tax return on agricultural diesel by a year, to support protesting farmers who demand lower energy costs and fast compensation for crops and livestock lost in destructive flooding, its Prime Minister said on Friday.
Two dead in Viotia monastery fire
A fire broke out Thursday night at the Holy Monastery of St Nicholas in Ypsilandis, Viotia, to the northwest of Athens leaving two nuns dead.
Holy Synod warns of impact on family, in letter to MPs
Ahead of the government’s submission of a bill on same-sex marriage to Parliament, the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece sent a letter to 300 MPs reiterating its opposition, stressing the damage it will wreak on the institution of the family and children.
Riot police clear Aristotle University
Riot police forces entered the Rectorate of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, which had been under occupation for a few hours on Thursday.
A Turkish family is still afraid to go home one year after deadly earthquake
A year after a powerful earthquake in southern Turkey reduced hundreds of thousands of homes to rubble, Fatma Kirici lives in a tent with her husband and two grown children, afraid to return to the multistory house they fled that somehow still stands.
Former OSE deputy chief testifies in Tempe inquiry
Former Hellenic Railway Organisation deputy managing director Thanasis Kottaras testified that the transfer of the station master on duty at the time of the accident was “legal and legitimate” on Thursday.
The Hague and the ‘other voices’
The International Court of Justice may not have issued the ruling that South Africa wanted, that Israel is perpetrating genocide against the Palestinians.