December date set for spyware scandal appeal trial
The appeal court trial of four people convicted in connection with Greece’s phone spyware scandal will be held on December 11.
Pyrgos teenagers arrested for battering their baby
A teenage couple has been arrested in southwestern Greece on suspicion of abusing its months-old baby to the extent that it needed urgent hospitalization, authorities said Thursday.
An unnecessary proposal
“Such clientelist relations have been part of the Greek state since its foundation. It is one of the basic reasons that we lag behind the European average,” Kyriakos Mitsotakis declared on Monday, in an address to the nation regarding the farm subsidy scandal.
Athens rejects Turkish complaints on Thrace minority
Greece on Thursday rejected complaints by neighboring Turkey over the religious rights of the Greek Muslim population in Thrace.
Scammers stole €21,000 from two elderly women
Two people have been arrested in central Athens for defrauding elderly women out of more than €21,000 euros through a common but efficient phone scam, authorities said Thursday.
Drive to feed air-dropped rabies vaccines to foxes in the wild
A campaign to inoculate wild foxes against rabies through air-dropped, vaccine-laced baits will start at the end of April, authorities said Thursday, warning members of the public to seek medical assistance if they touch the baits.
Profit ceiling could backfire, central bank warns
The profit margin cap may ultimately lead to an increase in prices or at least not to their expected reduction, says the central bank.
Going natural when it comes to dyeing your Easter eggs
There’s a specific method to dyeing eggs with natural colorants derived from wildflowers, vegetables, or spices that is more or less the same regardless of the dye selected.
Green upgrades aimed to save €17 million from defense ministry budget
Greece has signed an agreement with the European Investment Bank to upgrade energy efficiency at dozens of military bases and facilities around the country, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.
Paris presses Athens on Mirage jets for Ukraine
France is increasing pressure on Greece to supply Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets to Ukraine, but Athens remains reluctant, balancing political, financial and regional security considerations.