The tourists experience Greek Easter
It was midday on Good Friday on Areos Street in downtown Athens’ historic Monastiraki district, and some 2,000 worshippers – Greek and foreign – waited patiently in line.
Lesvos ferry freight disrupted as farmers plan new protest Thursday
Ferry services between Lesvos and mainland Greece continued to be disrupted Wednesday afternoon after livestock farmers blocked the loading and unloading of freight trucks at the port of Mytilene in protest over measures linked to efforts to contain foot-and-mouth disease.
Greece moves closer to offshore gas drilling after consortium agreement
Greece advanced plans for its first offshore exploratory gas drilling in nearly 40 years on Wednesday, after officials and energy executives signed a drilling agreement.
Inmate allegedly linked to OPEKEPE farm subsidies fraud scheme, police say
A 71-year-old prison inmate was allegedly involved in a farm subsidies fraud scheme linked to the OPEKEPE agricultural payments agency, according to police.
Doctor arrested for selling prescriptions for narcotic pills in Omonia
A doctor has appeared before a prosecutor on charges of issuing and selling prescriptions for narcotic pills in Athens’ central Omonia district, police have said.
Former landfill in Evkarpia transformed into major forest park
A large peri-urban forest project in western Thessaloniki is set to open June 6, as work nears completion on a 3,000-stremma green space being developed on former landfill land in Evkarpia in the municipality of Pavlos Melas.
Student opens fire at a school in Turkey, killing 4, in second such attack in the country in 2 days
A student opened fire randomly at two classrooms at a middle school in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding 20 others, an official said, in the second such shooting in the country in two days.
Patsas or iskembe? Tripe stirs cross-Aegean passions
It’s said that a bowl of soup made of bovine bellies and legs can cure ulcers, hangovers and an assortment of other ailments – if you’re courageous enough to try it.
Eco groups warn energy bill opens Pandora’s box
A public consultation on an Environment Ministry bill drew unusually high participation, closing with approximately 700 comments.
Lesvos farmers disrupt ferry sailings for a second day
Hundreds of farmers blockaded the main port of the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesvos, disrupting ferry services for a second day Wednesday to protest the government’s handling of a deadly livestock disease.