Socialist PASOK joined leftist SYRIZA on Tuesday in demanding the ouster of Deputy Energy Minister Nikos Tsafos over two controversial social media posts referring to Turkey and Turkish claims in the Aegean and Cyprus.
Greece’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has temporarily blocked the construction of two underground housing complexes with swimming pools on the Cycladic island of Sifnos, one of which was planned as a hotel.
The town of Florina got a first taste of a wintry weather front sweeping into Greece on Tuesday morning, as temperatures in the northwest dropped to -2 degrees Celsius and heavy snowfall caused schools to open an hour later.
Nearly a year after being sentenced to life in prison for killing her 9-year-old daughter Georgina by injecting her with a fatal dose of ketamine, Roula Pispirigou was found guilty on Tuesday of the murders of her two other children, Malena, 3, and Iris, who was just six months old.
Revealing details on how the so-called “Russian Pontian” syndicate laundered money from cigarette smuggling have come to light and are now in the hands of Greece’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority.
Attica’s Traffic Police issued nearly 1,600 citations during regular inspections carried out between March 14 and 16 in different parts of the capital, the force reported on Tuesday.
Athens and Ankara are in the final stages of confirming the date for a crucial summit between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with April 8 emerging as the most likely date.
The bodies of seven people were recovered off Cyprus on Monday after authorities mounted a search and rescue operation following the capsize of a boat carrying migrants, Cyprus’ state broadcaster said.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is working to secure a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House, potentially by late April, Bloomberg News said on Tuesday.
Greece’s newly appointed finance minister, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, headed into work on Monday having to deal with a list of tasks.