Nationwide train strike called for Tuesday
Train drivers have declared a 24-hour strike at Hellenic Train for Tuesday in protest over delays in implementing key railway safety systems and the continued suspension of regional rail lined.
Wildfires break out near Athens
Two wildfires broke out on Monday in northeastern Attica, near the Greek capital, prompting a major firefighting response, authorities said.
Mitsotakis meets Yale, Athens University heads to discuss academic partnership
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Yale University President Maurie McInnis and the rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Gerasimos Siasos, on Monday to discuss academic cooperation between the two institutions.
The man tasked with solving all of Turkey’s problems
Sinan Ciddi, a non-resident senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and an expert on Turkish politics, and Tyler Stapleton, director of congressional relations at FDD Action, join Thanos Davelis to discuss US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack – often referred to in Washington as “the man tasked with solving all of…
Pilot arrested after helicopter crashes into sea near Athens
Authorities have arrested the 57-year-old pilot of a helicopter that crashed into the sea during takeoff on Sunday in Vouliagmeni, a coastal suburb south of Athens, the Hellenic Coast Guard said.
Giorgos Tsipras quits SYRIZA, cites disrepute and lack of direction
Former SYRIZA MP and central committee member Giorgos Tsipras announced his departure from the leftist opposition party on Monday, citing political disrepute and a failure to enact internal reform.
Greek police arrest 12 in latest operation against sports-related gangs
Greek police have arrested at least 12 people during an operation to break up two gangs whose members they said were sports fans involved in drug trafficking, beatings, robberies and arson, they said on Monday.
Athens and Nicosia hold their breath as regional tensions escalate
Both Greece and Cyprus are closely monitoring the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, now in its fourth day, with both sides launching new waves of missiles.
Rhodes business owner charged after toddler drowns in pool
A business owner on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes has been charged with manslaughter by negligence and violating health and safety regulations after a three-year-old child drowned in a swimming pool during a party in the town of Ialysos, authorities said on Monday.
Kidney transplant from drowned teenager completed in Thessaloniki
Doctors have successfully completed a kidney transplant from a 14-year-old boy who drowned in a river in northern Greece last week to a 32-year-old man, officials at Thessaloniki’s Ippokrateio Hospital said on Monday.