Air raid sirens to sound on October 1 as part of country-wide drill
Civil defense sirens are expected to go off all over Greece on October 1 as part of an annual military and public warning exercise dubbed Parmenion.
Apartment building renovation regulations clarified
Greece’s top administrative court has ruled that legalizing unauthorized constructions in common areas of apartment buildings requires unanimous consent from all owners when no ownership regulation exists.
Five teenagers arrested for assault on minor in Aspropyrgos
Authorities have announced the arrest of five teenagers, aged 15 and 16, in connection with the assault of a 14-year-old boy outside a school in Aspropyrgos, west of Athens, last Wednesday.
Student dies after fall into light shaft in Volos
A 21-year-old man lost his life early Tuesday after falling into a light shaft from the fourth floor of an apartment building in Volos, eastern mainland Greece.
Witness testimony begins over farm subsidy scandal
The parliamentary investigative committee examining the OPEKEPE agricultural subsidy payments scandal begins witness testimony on Wednesday, amid fierce opposition accusations of a government cover-up.
Sympathy for father’s hunger strike over exhumation request
Government and opposition figures have expressed support for Pano Ruci, a father on the eighth day of a hunger strike outside Parliament demanding the exhumation of his child killed in the Tempe train tragedy.
PM seen reaching out to potential dissident MPs
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ choice of Maximos Harakopoulos to become the new secretary of ruling New Democracy’s parliamentary group has raised some eyebrows.
Two Romanians arrested for suspected espionage in Salamina
Two Romanian nationals were arrested on Monday afternoon for taking pictures of the Hellenic Navy’s Base on the island of Salamina, the Coast Guard said Tuesday.
Gerapetritis to meet Egyptian, Cypriot counterparts in New York
Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will attend the opening of the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly, and meet counterparts from Cyprus and Egypt, the ministry said.
Tempe crash families seek exhumations
Relatives of victims killed in Greece’s deadliest train disaster in late February 2023 are pressing for exhumations as the Tempe rail crash investigation faces renewed scrutiny.