Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis has proposed that a portion of confiscated criminal funds be allocated to the Directorate for the Fight against Organized Crime (DAOE), the so-called “Greek FBI”.
Anti-establishment party Course of Freedom (Plefsi Eleftherias) has seen the biggest boost following nationwide protests over the government’s handling of the deadly Tempe railway disaster just over two years ago.
Despite spending most of the day in the red, the benchmark of the Greek stock market ended Thursday with marginal gains.
Developments are happening, the United States is drifting away, Europe is discussing a new security architecture, and we are faced with the dilemma of how to handle Turkey in the new environment of uncertainty.
A legal challenge has been filed with Greece’s top administrative court seeking to annul the granting of the surname “De Grece” and Greek citizenship to members of the former royal family. The petition was submitted by Panagiotis Lazaratos, a law professor at the University of Athens.
A tragic railway station collapse in November 2024, which killed 15 people, has reignited public outrage in Serbia, reminiscent of the 2023 Greek train collision.
French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu is scheduled to visit Athens on April 14 for his long-awaited trip, which has been pending since the start of the year.
Greece’s response to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis is proving inadequate, with high housing costs, insufficient wage increases and nearly half of households unable to afford basic necessities, according to a 2024 report by the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR).
Labis Tsirigotakis, a long-serving Greek journalist and state broadcaster ERT’s London correspondent for approximately four decades, has passed away at the age of 82.