It’s been only 15 years since Olli Rehn, then EU commissioner, wished “kalo kouragio” (bon courage) to debt-stricken Greeks and the foreign press declared that “the party is over” – back when Greece was a pariah state that some wanted to push out of the eurozone.
Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras told an Athens misdemeanor court he had been the target of a “vulgar attack” and a “carelessly staged conspiracy,” testifying in the appeal trial of two former protected witnesses in the Novartis case.
Firefighters received 367 calls from early morning until 4:30 p.m. Friday as heavy rainfall impacted Corfu and the Epirus region.
The political system has almost confessed that the parliamentary inquiry committees are more like political theater, rather than proper investigative procedures that lead to the constitutionally prescribed results.
Panathinaikos made it three wins a row, beating Dubai BC by 21 at home on Thursday, and Olympiakos came from behind to see off Paris in Piraeus on Friday.
A man has died after the car he was driving plunged into the sea from the port pier in Salamina.
A pedestrian has been hospitalized in serious condition following a traffic accident that occurred just before 7 p.m. in downtown Pangrati involving two vehicles.
A new timetable for the Athens suburban railway (Proastiakos) will come into effect on Saturday, November 22, according to an announcement by rail operator Hellenic Train.
Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis met Friday afternoon with the new US ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, to discuss investment opportunities and strategic cooperation between the two countries.