Five people have been arrested west of Athens for alleged membership of a gang that burgled dozens of shops and houses, stealing at least €120,000 and, in one case, battering an elderly person in her house during a robbery that netted them €35, police said Monday.
A large-scale jewelry workshop in Elefsina, west of Athens, was broken into in recent days, with perpetrators making off with valuables estimated at approximately €5,000, police said on Monday.
Civil protection authorities have set much of western Greece on a state of alert for Tuesday ahead of potential flooding amid storms forecast to hit the area.
The previous week’s Greek-Turkish summit meeting in Ankara may not have resolved any contentious bilateral issues, but the calm and respectful exchanges were considered a success, confirming the climate of relative detente prevailing since February 2023.
Authorities have launched proceedings to revoke the asylum status of Javed Aslam, head of the Pakistani community in Athens, as part of a broader government review of international protection cases, according to reports Monday.
When AJ Ginnis stood at the start gate of the Olympic slalom race on Monday, he knew it would be a bittersweet moment ahead of a run that would mark both his Games debut and the end of his career.
Students from Greece and the Greek diaspora have until March 23 to apply for the 6th NextGen Innovators competition, a nationwide challenge promoting entrepreneurial thinking and sustainability.
Israeli producer Dana Eden, 52, was found dead Sunday evening in a hotel in Syntagma, central Athens.
The National Meteorological Service (EMY) issued an emergency weather bulletin placing areas throughout Greece on orange alert on Tuesday and Wednesday.
A Belgian collector has suspended the online auction of historic photographs allegedly depicting the execution of 200 Greek resistance fighters by Nazi occupation forces at the Kaisariani Shooting Range during World War II, citing sensitivity around the material.