The owner of the Violanta cookie factory, where five workers died in a massive gas explosion last month, has been jailed pending trial on charges including homicide with possible intent.
Parliament will start debating legislation on Thursday that would create a diaspora electoral constituency and allow Greeks living abroad to vote by mail in parliamentary elections.
Greek tourism has entered 2026 with even more positive prospects, but also with a pressing need for structural adjustments.
Germany’s state-funded Deutsche Welle broadcaster says it will close its decades-old Greek language radio service, admired for its independent coverage during the 1967-74 dictatorship, citing budget cuts and Greece’s status as “a stable democracy with a diverse media landscape.”
New outbreaks of the sheep and goat pox epidemic that’s hammered Greek livestock breeding remained largely steady in the second week of February, authorities said Wednesday, with nearly 3,000 more animals culled.
After many months of collecting registered voters’ signatures, a local campaign for a referendum on a proposal to convert the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) grounds into a metropolitan park has reached its target, organizers said Thursday.
State hospitals face disruptions in coming weeks with staff planning strikes in March to press for salary increases, while doctors are also due to walk off the job to protest changes in their military service, unions said Thursday.
Turkey said on Thursday it opposed Greece’s “unilateral activities” in hydrocarbon fields south of Crete with a consortium led by US oil major Chevron, opens new tab as a violation of international law and good neighbourly relations.
The transition to electronic invoicing is now entering a stricter framework, with clear rules, sanctions and fines of up to €2,500 for those who do not comply.
Authorities on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Chios started efforts Thursday to locate and raise a migrant boat that sank after colliding with a Coast Guard patrol vessel this month, killing 15 people.