Gulf repatriation flight with scores of pets arrives in Athens
About 90 Greeks traveling with 100 pets were repatriated from the Persian Gulf Wednesday on a special Aegean Airlines flight arranged by the Foreign Ministry.
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What to know about Banksy and the effort to unmask him
In a lengthy investigation last week, Reuters said it had determined the true identity of Banksy, the globally renowned street artist whose closely guarded anonymity has for decades captivated the art world nearly as much as his work.
ATHEX: Stocks swayed by the winds of Iran war
The constant expansion of the conflict in the Middle East continued on Wednesday and reversed the early gains of stocks at Athinon Avenue.
The US-Israeli relationship
However powerful Israel may be on its own, it cannot survive without the full backing of the United States.
Old Athens tobacco factory locked down for film shoot with Cillian Murphy
On Athens’ Lenorman Street, the imposing Public Tobacco Factory resembles a fortress. Doors remain shut, windows covered, while security and crew move quietly to keep activity inside out of sight.
Crete’s phantom sheep expose subsidy fraud
A former Greek agricultural agency chief painted a damning portrait of fraud and political pressure in the country’s farm subsidy system during testimony at an Athens court Wednesday.
Mitsotakis says tourism not affected by Gulf crisis, Greece a safe country
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Wednesday there is “no reason at all to worry” about visiting Greece due to the Middle East crisis, and voiced hope that by the key summer tourist season disruptions to long-haul flights via the Persian Gulf will have ended.
Parents pay €7,000 over children’s school vandalism
The parents of a group of teenagers believed to have vandalized two state schools in northern Greece have covered the cost of repairs to avoid legal action, municipal officials said.
Government allocates €37.3 million to professional sports
The government has allocated €37.3 millon in betting tax revenue to professional sports leagues so far this year, the deputy sports minister said in a social media post.