Hellenic Train said it will refund 100% of ticket costs to 77 passengers who were stranded for more than three hours on the Kalavryta rack railway due to a train malfunction, while a new contract with the Transport Ministry significantly increased compensation to passengers and the Greek State.
The Greek stock market somehow managed to avoid any losses for its benchmark upon closing on Wednesday.
Migrants or refugees who flee their countries, risking their lives in search of a better future in Greece, do commit an illegal act.
Police arrested eight suspects allegedly involved in at least 73 vehicle thefts across Greater Athens, estimating their financial gains at at least €1.5 million.
Three police officers appeared in court after being accused of gang rape, violating personal data and complicity to the act committed inside the Omonia police station, central Athens, in October 2022, in a case involving a 19-year-old who said she was gang-raped in the station’s locker room.
Stormy weather is expected to affect Greece from Wednesday afternoon, with heavy rains and thunderstorms initially forecast for the Ionian Sea and the western mainland, while authorities have placed the regional units of Achaia and Ilia on red alert until Friday due to flood risks.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that disputes in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, “while complex, are not unsolvable if there is a willingness for dialogue.”
Food delivery workers affiliated with the online platform efood will stage a nationwide 24-hour strike on Thursday, coinciding with Tsiknopempti, or “Smoky Thursday,” the traditional day before Lent when Greeks celebrate with meat, a workers’ group announced.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday urged Turkey to remove any threats to Greek-Turkish relations.
Greece’s Minister of Development Takis Theodorikakos and Turkey’s Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacir signed a joint statement in Ankara Wednesday launching a Greece-Turkey cooperation program in research and technology, during a bilateral meeting held in a positive atmosphere within the framework of the 6th Supreme Council of Cooperation.