Police raid at Korydallos prison leads to 11 arrests
Police carried out a raid at Korydallos Prison on Wednesday, during which 11 inmates were arrested on charges related to drug and weapons offenses.
Trump tariffs send chill through Greek peach harvest
July is harvest time in Greece’s northern peach orchards, where pickers mount wooden ladders and carefully place the fruit in crates ready for factories that peel, slice and can them, often for consumers in the United States.
Melvins | Athens | July 23
Legendary rock band the Melvins will take the stage at Technopolis on July 23. Formed in 1983, the Melvins became pioneers of heavy and alternative rock, shaping a sound that influenced generations of musicians, including Kurt Cobain, who considered them among his favorite bands.
Crete: Tourist village for 4,700 people
The second largest village in the municipality of Platanias at Hania, western Crete, will be “artificial.”
Fire breaks out in Tempe
A fire broke out on Wednesday morning in a forested area in the area of Spilia, in Tempe, central Greece.
PM defends OPEKEPE inquiry, criticizes opposition over subsidy probe
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday defended his government’s decision to submit a motion for a parliamentary inquiry into the OPEKEPE farm subsidies agency, covering the period from 1998 to the present. The investigation aims to examine long-standing structural failures in the distribution of EU agricultural funds.
Athens faces deepening water crisis
Athens’ primary water supply system is under mounting stress, as the Mornos Reservoir – the main source of drinking water for the capital – recorded its second-lowest water level in two decades this May, according to a comprehensive new study.
Cyprus-Crete cable remains tangled
Tuesday’s conference call highlighted differences between ADMIE and Cypriot regulator CERA.
Rival inquiry proposals over OPEKEPE head to Parliament
The political standoff over the OPEKEPE farm subsidy scandal has entered a new phase as three rival proposals head to Parliament, highlighting stark differences between the ruling party and the opposition.