Fire razes two businesses in northern Athens
Fire investigators began taking stock on Saturday of the destruction wrought by a large blaze that destroyed two businesses in Acharnes in northern Athens after a 10-hour battle with the flames.
Six factors for closed houses
The government must tackle the reasons why owners keep 500,000 residences off the market.
Police investigate University of Patra bombing
Police investigations into the explosion that occurred on Friday morning at the University of Patra are underway.
Two injured by fallen tree in Monastiraki
Two people, a man and a woman, were injured on Saturday when a tree fell on them while they were walking in a tourist area of central Athens.
NGO leader charged
Prosecutors have have filed felony charges of breach of trust against Panayote Dimitras, longtime head of the Greek Helsinki Monitor, following a probe opened in 2023 by the country’s anti-money laundering authority.
The persistent hotelier who helped redefine the Greek hospitality scene
They often say about businesses that it is usually the first generation of founders that creates value, the second that adds or simply maintains it, and the third is the one that destroys it.
Deputy minister jeered in Serres by livestock farmers
Deputy Minister of Rural Development, Ioannis Andrianos, was booed on Saturday by livestock farmers who had gathered outside a conference centre in Serres, northern Greece, to protest the loss of hundreds of thousands of sheep and goats due to smallpox pox.
Man accidentally killed by fellow hunter’s shotgun in Arcadia
A 56-year-old man died on Saturday after he was fatally wounded by a friend with whom he had gone hunting for wild boar in the region of Arcadia, southern Greece.
Losses from sheep pox exceeded 350 million euros in 14 months
Economic losses from the spread of small pox in sheep and goats are estimated at more than 350 million euros in the past 14 months, following the culling of herds throughout Greece, said Dimitris Moschos, president of the Hellenic Livestock Association (SEK).
Amputation required following explosion
An explosion at a building materials yard in northern Greece on Friday seriously injured two people, one of whom required an amputation.