Greece will make an early repayment of €5.29 billion in loans under its first bailout program, the Greek Loan Facility (GLF), after the Boards of Directors of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) approved the move on Tuesday.
A new amendment introduces stricter measures and penalties for the illegal possession, use and transport of firearms and explosives, Greek authorities said.
Vehicle traffic will be temporarily and gradually restricted on several central Athens streets on Sunday, December 7, from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., due to the 43rd Athens Health Run, which will pass through the Thissio, Filopappou, and Acropolis areas.
The 14th Arab-Greek Economic Forum, with construction and energy at its forefront, was held in Athens on November 27–28, bringing together a strong delegation of Arab and Greek business leaders, the Arab-Hellenic Chamber has announced.
It’s April 1944. Late at night, at 240 Ikoniou Street, in the neighborhood of Kokkinia (present-day Nikaia in southwestern Athens), Georgios Hanas is sleeping in his house.
Nine Filipino sailors from the Eternity C, the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier operated by a Greek company that sank in the Red Sea after a Houthi attack in July, are set to be released, the Philippine government announced on Tuesday.
After last week’s severe conditions, Greece is bracing for another spell of deteriorating weather starting Tuesday, with rain and thunderstorms forecast to affect much of the country.
A Foreign Ministry spokesperson has reiterated Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis’ position that “a country that maintains the threat of war cannot participate” in SAFE, the EU’s new €150 billion defense loan mechanism, while also acknowledging recent progress in Greek-Turkish relations.
Turkish media outlets expressed frustration over Greece’s defense expansion plans, particularly Defense Minister Nikos Dendias’ Sunday announcement about deploying missile systems on Aegean islands to deter Turkish naval access.
Actress Dimitra Matsouka received an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for three years, after a court found her guilty of dangerous driving, operating a vehicle with removed license plates, and driving without a license, which had previously been revoked.