Severe weather warning for western Greece through Monday
Greece’s national meteorological service (EMY) on Friday issued a severe weather warning for the next three days as a storm system moves in from Italy.
Students engineer hope for Europe’s plane trees
The iGEM Ioannina 2025 team from the University of Ioannina won a gold medal at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition in Paris, marking the university’s second consecutive win.
Greek sailors freed after Somalia pirate hijacking
The five Greek crew members of the tanker Hellas Aphrodite, seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia, have been freed along with the rest of the crew.
World leaders punch back at US climate denial ahead of Brazil’s COP30 negotiations
Country leaders at a climate summit in Brazil on Thursday bemoaned the fractured global consensus on climate action, taking swipes at the climate-denying US government while trying to assure the world they were still on mission.
Tempe victims’ families allowed to join rail inspectors’ trial, now postponed to March
A court on Thursday accepted the participation of relatives of the Tempe train crash victims as supporting prosecutors in the case involving inspectors of the state’s “717” railway signaling contract, but postponed the trial until March 3 next year to allow the Greek state to also join the proceedings.
Ancient Amphipolis: Digging into life at the acropolis
Classical archaeology professor Dimitris Damaskos talks about some of the most recent big finds made at the archaeological site in Eastern Macedonia.
Papathanasis: Greece enters ‘new chapter’ with ExxonMobil offshore drilling deal
Deputy Economy and Finance Minister Nikos Papathanasis said on Friday that Greece is entering “a new chapter of responsibility and opportunity” following its agreement with ExxonMobil for offshore drilling.
UAE envoy says aid to Gaza will be scaled up, Cyprus is key route
The United Arab Emirates is preparing to increase aid deliveries into Gaza, an envoy has said, saying a sea corridor from Cyprus was essential alongside land and air access.
Police officer’s €600,000 bank trail leads to major narcotics bust
Police dismantled a major drug network, arresting 11 people, including a police officer, and charging 51 in total.
Housing program marred by fraud attempts
The Ministry of Social Cohesion uncovered widespread fraud attempts in two major housing and demographic support programs, prompting the revocation of thousands of applications, according to ministry data.