Mitsotakis to chair economic policy meeting, join Ukraine call
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will chair a meeting of the Government Council for Economic Policy on Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at the Maximos Mansion.
Joanna Mattrey | Athens | February 26-27
New York-based violinist and composer Joanna Mattrey makes her Athens debut with a two-night residency at Underflow Record Store & Art Gallery (39 Kallirois), focused on free improvisation and live interaction.
Four injured, one critically, in head-on Pyrgos car crash
At least four people were injured, one critically, Monday in a head-on collision between two cars at the Olympion junction in Pyrgos, western Greece.
Heavy traffic as Clean Monday holidaymakers return to Athens
Traffic intensified Sunday on highways leading into Athens as thousands returned from the three-day Clean Monday holiday weekend, with authorities reporting significant congestion on key routes.
America’s biggest warship reaches Crete en route to Middle East
The biggest US warship, the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier, arrived Monday at a NATO naval base on Crete as American forces build up in the Middle East amid tension with Iran.
Erdogan upbeat on prospects of trade with Greece
The volume of trade between Greece and Turkey could rise to 10 billion dollars this year, from 7 billion in 2025, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
Police fine 1,062 bikers nationwide for not wearing helmets
Over 1,060 people on motorbikes and electric scooters were stopped and fined for not wearing crash helmets in the third week of February, police said Monday, compared to more than 1,040 a week earlier.
Men digging hole outside Thessaloniki charged with antiquities theft
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of digging for buried antiquities on an archaeological site in northern Greece, police said Monday.
New arrest at Athens airport for marijuana smuggling
Police at Athens International Airport have arrested a traveller for alleged membership of an international drugs smuggling ring after finding 21 kilos of marijuana in his luggage, authorities said Monday.
Hit pause: Herodes Atticus odeon to close for three-year facelift
The nearly 1,900-year-old Odeon of Herodes Atticus under the Acropolis, which is used for an annual summer music festival, will close for at least three years for an extensive facelift that will include conservation and restoration, authorities said Monday.