Agriculture Ministry officials insisted Friday that Greece’s long-running sheep and goat pox epidemic cannot be addressed through vaccination, as new data showed nearly 473,000 animals have been culled so far.
Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni has rejected allegations that a last-minute legislative provision was added to an unrelated bill to allow her to use it in an ongoing custody dispute with her former husband.
Bulgaria’s constitutional court has approved the resignation of President Rumen Radev, opening the way for him to step down from the post.
A 48-year-old man has been arrested in Serres, northern Greece, after visiting a courier company to collect a parcel containing narcotics, police said.
A suspect broke into the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Cleveland and stole prayer plates of religious and sentimental significance from the sanctuary, parish representatives said.
Power distribution network operator DEDDIE is announcing a belated review of all identified electricity thefts of 2025 concerning domestic consumers – some 15,000 supplies – while suspending across the country the power cutoffs in domestic supplies due to debts.
Pharmaceuticals topped Greece’s industrial exports in the third quarter of 2025, with 78% destined for European countries, the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) reported. Exports of pharmaceuticals, including medicines and consumables, reached €675 million, up 6.3% from the same period last year.
Migration and Asylum Minister Thanos Plevris met with Amy Pope, Director-General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Thursday to discuss strengthening cooperation in migration management and addressing challenges in the central Mediterranean.
Farmers from Thessaly, in central Greece, withdrew their tractors and agricultural machinery from the Nikaia junction on Friday.