Vicky Douma, wife of Giannis Alafouzos, dies
Vicky Douma, wife of businessman Giannis Alafouzos, died Thursday, her family has announced.
One child pornography arrest made in Greece as part of international operation
A 26-year-old man has been arrested in Patra, western Greece, for accessing and using a child pornography network, while five hard drives allegedly owned by the individual were confiscated, Greek police reported.
Israel steps up Syria strikes, says Turkey aims for ‘protectorate’
Israel stepped up airstrikes on Syria overnight, declaring the attacks a warning to the new Islamist rulers in Damascus as it accused their Turkish allies of trying to turn the country into a Turkish protectorate.
Exporters followed Trump tariff announcement with ‘mixed emotions’
The president of the Panhellenic Exporters Association has said that he followed with “mixed emotions” the announcement by US President Donald Trump of the latest US tariffs but acknowledged that exporters now have a clearer picture of the trade landscape.
Bulgarian government survives no confidence vote
The Bulgarian government, led by Rosen Zhelyazkov, has survived a vote of no confidence, launched over its foreign policy, BTA news agency reported.
Surgeons at Thessaloniki hospital perform rare corneal transplant
Surgeons at a Thessaloniki hospital have successfully performed a corneal transplant on a 48-year-old woman using a donation from an eight-month-old baby who had died of a heart attack.
Railway staff reappraisals underway, two OSE trainees dismissed
Greek railway authorities have begun reassessing personnel, focusing on station masters, by subjecting them to psychometric evaluations, reflex tests, and time-pressured assessments, Deputy Minister of Transport Konstantinos Kyranakis has told local media outlet SKAI.
Fire at abandoned historic textile mill in Athens angers residents
Residents of Ano Patissia and Nea Ionia are up in arms over the latest of several fires to break at an abandoned factory on the border of the two Athenian suburbs in the space of a few weeks.
Rubio tries to reassure wary allies of US commitment to NATO
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administration’s new envoy to NATO are seeking to reassure wary NATO allies of the US commitment to the alliance.
Greece to play a leading role in shaping EU response to US tariffs, PM says
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday said that Greece is prepared to play a prominent role in shaping the European Union’s response to US tariffs.