Tensions mark second day of Tempe rail crash trial
An improved courtroom layout and tighter security did not produce the calm sought on the second day of the trial over the Tempe rail disaster.
Ahead of Greek social media ban, parents desperate to separate children from phones
Greek mother Georgia Efstathiou has tried everything to loosen the grip that social media has on her 14-year-old son: heart-to-heart talks; internet-free time; confiscating his phone. Arguments flare as she fights the allure of his screen and its videos and messages.
Police on Chios seize rocket stash ahead of traditional Easter celebrations
Authorities on Chios said Thursday they have seized hundreds of home-made fireworks used in the traditional Orthodox Easter “rocket-war” celebrations for which the eastern Aegean Sea island has become internationally famous.
European prosecutors forward new files to Greece on farm scandal, 2 MPs involved
European prosecutors on Thursday forwarded a third batch of files to Greek authorities from a new investigation into a major farm subsidy scandal, this time allegedly involving two sitting lawmakers.
Traffic police stop leads to drug seizure
A random traffic police road safety operation has led to the seizure of 30 kilograms of marijuana in northern Greece, state ERT television said.
Dendias meets Greek troops in Saudi Arabia after successful missile shootdown
Defense Minister Nikos Dendias has visited Greek troops operating an air defense system stationed in Saudi Arabia during his ongoing visit to the Persian Gulf states, the ministry said Thursday.
Thessaloniki city council rejects petition for public say in fairgrounds revamp
Thessaloniki’s municipal council has rejected a petition submitted by more than 23,000 residents demanding a say in plans for a large-scale redevelopment of the northern port city’s Helexpo fairgrounds.
New subsidy probe file heading to Parliament
A total of 18 sitting and former lawmakers from the ruling New Democracy party are at the center of a second major investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office into the OPEKEPE farm subsidy scandal, according to case documents transmitted Wednesday to Greece’s Supreme Court.
Lesvos’ sheep and goat farmers in despair
The test had come back positive just a few hours earlier, confirming the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Dimitris Triantafyllos’ flock in Pelopi, in northern Lesvos. All 200 sheep of his unit had to be culled and buried in a trench with lime.
Small improvised bomb explodes in central Athens, no injuries
A small gas-canister bomb exploded early Thursday outside a block of flats in central Athens, police said, causing minor damage and no injury.