Tourism minister travels to India to inaugurate new direct flight service
Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni is traveling to India for a day to inaugurate a new direct flight service between New Delhi and Athens and meet local tourism officials.
Controversial Milos hotel expansion halted
The Environment Ministry is acting to halt construction on the White Coast hotel expansion on the island of Milos, citing the project’s extensive intervention in the Mytakas area, which has sparked local opposition.
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Balkan truck drivers block border crossings in protest of EU entry rules
Truck drivers from Balkan countries outside the European Union blocked border crossings in the region Monday to protest the recent enforcement of EU entry regulations that they say seriously undermine their work.
Greater Athens police checks find 1 in 93 drivers over alcohol limit
A three-day police crackdown on drink-driving in the Greater Athens region saw just over 23,000 motorists stopped for testing, with 246 found to be over the limit.
Heavy storms forecast across Greece as severe weather causes flooding in Attica
Heavy rain and thunderstorms have been affecting much of Greece, with the Athens National Observatory and Meteo meteorological service warning that some areas may see hail.
Mount Athos to receive €9 million in earthquake restoration funds
Mount Athos, northern Greece, will receive €9 million in restoration funds following earthquake damage, Deputy Interior Minister of the Macedonia and Thrace regions Konstantinos Gkioulekas said during his visit to the male-only monastic community.
Authorities freeze assets belonging to suspects in EU farm subsidy scandal
Greece’s authority against money-laundering has frozen assets including high-end real estate and deposits belonging to two key suspects in the fraudulent European Union farm subsidy scandal, state ERT television said.
The ‘fiction’ at the heart of justice
Mark Carney did not go to Davos to praise the global system of governance but to announce the death of an illusion.
Fifth body found after deadly explosion at Trikala biscuit factory
Fire brigade investigators at the site of a deadly explosion and fire at a biscuit factory in Trikala, central Greece, early Monday morning have located the body of a fifth employee, raising the death toll to five, authorities said.