Greece plans to soon ban access to social media for children under 15, government sources say, adding that working groups have been set up. Digital Governance Minister Dimitris Papastergiou said his office is ready to implement the measure from the day it is announced by the prime minister.
A 55-year-old man who had been sentenced to a total of 73 years and 10 months in prison under nine court rulings for financial crimes, including fraud and embezzlement, was arrested in Asvestochori, near Thessaloniki, on Tuesday.
At least 15 people were killed and dozens more injured late Tuesday after a Greek coast guard vessel collided with a speedboat carrying undocumented migrants off the eastern Aegean island of Chios, authorities said.
The Greek coast guard has issued a statement on the late Tuesday’s incident off the island of Chios, in which at least 15 people were killed and dozens more injured, blaming the operator of the migrant boat for the disaster.
Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met at the Pentagon to discuss the pillars of strategic defense cooperation between Greece and the US.
A collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios has killed at least 15 people, the coast guard said late Tuesday, while a search and rescue operation involving patrol boats, a helicopter and divers was underway for potentially missing people.
European Investment Bank financing in Greece has reached a record high of €3.5 billion for projects including climate resilience, water infrastructure and energy security.
Greece’s Centauros electronic anti-drone system has been fully integrated with Israel’s Barak MX air defense platform, denoting the first large-scale Greek-Israeli defense industry collaboration.
Applications for residence permits from non-European Union nationals under Greece’s Golden Visa program are in a steep decline.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated on Monday he will seek the introduction of clauses guaranteeing permanent fiscal balance in the constitutional reform whose process the government has just started.