Two railway boxcars used to transport Thessaloniki Jews to their deaths at the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz during the German occupation are being restored at the initiative of a 93-year-old former Hellenic Railways (OSE) director whose uncle, aunt and cousins were among those deported to the camps.
Flight delays of up to two hours have been reported at Athens International Airport, where air traffic controllers are continuing a go-slow action for a second day.
Police in Lavrio, southeastern Attica, have arrested 13 people following a brawl at a vocational school. According to reports, a group of minors began fighting for an as yet unknown reason.
Police have announced that they have dismantled three criminal gangs suspected of being behind a spate of burglaries and other robberies around Attica and even as far as Laconia, Fthiotida, Viotia and Evia.
Two men are to be tried by a mixed jury court in Edessa, northern Greece, for the murder of a 41-year-old pregnant woman, whose body was discovered in a trunk in a forest on the border of the prefectures of Thessaloniki and Halkidiki in January.
After nearly 40 hours in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Hygeia hospital north of Athens, popular Greek singer Marinella’s condition remains stable but critical, according to a medical update on Friday.
Greece’s state-run schools did not hold regular classes on Friday, as the day was dedicated to sports.
Sinan Ciddi joins Thanos Davelis to look into the developing story around a reported proposal that could potentially see the US gain control of Turkey’s S-400s in return for F-35s, and make the case that Ankara should prove it is ready to embrace NATO before Washington begins to open the door to any arms deals…
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has voiced optimism that the historic Halki Seminary would reopen soon, indicating that efforts to this end are moving rapidly.
Aggelos Tramountanis, a researcher specializing on migration at Greece’s National Center for Social Research, joins Thanos Davelis for a deeper dive into the issue of migration in Greece, which is back in the spotlight as the country – and Europe – look to deal with declining demographics, a labor shortage, and more.