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Seven arrests on Chios over preparations for Easter rocket war
Police on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Chios have arrested seven people who were injured in a fire at an illegal fireworks workshop ahead of an iconic local tradition in which hundreds of rockets are fired during Easter celebrations.
Greece’s feta at the center of global cheese-naming dispute
Feta and other European-style cheeses are at the heart of an international trade dispute over naming rights. The EU maintains that cheeses like feta, Parmesan, Asiago, and gorgonzola can only bear those names if produced in their traditional regions following strict methods.
Lawmakers and their ‘clients’
We are shocked by the dialogues included in the case file of the OPEKEPE agricultural subsidy scandal because they exude clientelism, corruption and endless cynicism.
Man found dead by road in Pallini, authorities investigate
A 50-year-old man was found dead on Monday afternoon at the side of a road in Pallini, northeastern Athens.
Despite attrition, poll shows ND maintains double-digit lead over PASOK
In the first opinion poll following the new farm subsidy investigations, the governing conservatives have lost a little ground and the main opposition Socialists registered slight gains, but the margin between the two top parties remains in the double digits.
Pierrakakis: Greece well positioned to absorb impact of Middle East crisis
Greece is on a growth trajectory and well positioned to absorb the impact of the Middle East crisis, Eurogroup President and Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has asserted.
Traffic police spot checks nab one in five truckers
Thousands of spot checks on haulage trucks and other heavy vehicles in the Greater Athens region have found one in five drivers in violation of some rule or safety regulation, authorities said Monday.
Tough choice of power tariff
After a long period of tranquility, high electricity rates are returning to the market, upsetting household and business budgets.
Escaped convicts, prisoner on furlough held over failed robbery
Two escaped convicts and a prisoner out on furlough have been arrested in central Greece on suspicion of staging a failed home invasion, authorities said Monday.