Police officer injured after accidental firearm discharge
An Athens police officer is being treated in hospital after reportedly discharging his firearm by accident at the Attica General Police Directorate.
Greece sets university admissions quota for 2025-26
The total number of students admitted to Greece’s higher education institutions for the 2025-26 academic year will be 68,788, slightly below last year’s figure of 68,851, the Education Ministry announced on Monday.
PKK’s disbandment decision has ‘historic importance’, Fidan says
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Monday that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party’s (PKK) decision to disband and end its armed struggle against the Turkish state is of “historic importance” for permanent peace in the region.
Ambassador Thomas M.T. Niles: Farewell to a gentleman of diplomacy
Tom’s distinction lay not in his title, but in his character. Always correct, always graceful, with natural kindness and quiet dignity.
Gov’t to introduce stricter road safety measures, deputy PM says
The government is stepping up efforts to reduce road accidents with a new set of policy measures aimed at improving road safety, Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis has told an event marking the 20th anniversary of the Panos Mylonas Road Safety Institute.
Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish militant leader who urged peace with Turkey
The 76-year-old militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has spent a quarter of a century in jail after leading his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to take up arms against the Turkish state to fight for a Kurdish homeland.
Truth, justice and war
“Truth and justice are on our side,” Vladimir Putin declared, claiming falsely that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the continuation of the war against Nazism.
Opposition parties ready inquiry motions over Tempe
Political parties are preparing proposals for a parliamentary inquiry into former transport minister Kostas Karamanlis over the deadly 2023 Tempe train crash.
Kurdish PKK disbands and ends 40-year Turkey insurgency
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been locked in bloody conflict with the Turkish state for more than four decades, decided to disband and end its armed struggle, a news agency close to the group reported on Monday.
Turkey will take needed steps after PKK decision, Erdogan’s office says
Turkey will take necessary measures to ensure smooth progress toward a “terror-free” country, after the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) announced it is dissolving, the presidency’s communications director said on Monday.