Seamen to hold 24-hour strike to mark Tempe rail disaster anniversary
Greece’s seamen will hold a 24-hour strike on Saturday, February 28, to mark the third anniversary of the deadly Tempe railway disaster, it was announced Wednesday.
Intracom Defense making parts for Patriot missiles
Greece’s Intracom Defense, or IDE, said Wednesday it has been awarded contracts worth more than $108 million over the past year to produce parts for US defense giant Raytheon’s Patriot missiles.
Journalist stalker jailed
A Thessaloniki court has sentenced a 55-year-old woman to 10 months in prison without suspension for stalking a radio journalist-producer over more than a decade.
Thousands of pending tax cases
Almost 13,000 legal proceedings on tax and customs affairs remain outstanding in courts.
Turkish lawmakers back plan advancing PKK peace process
A Turkish parliamentary commission voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to approve a report envisaging legal reforms alongside the militant Kurdistan Workers Party’s (PKK) disarmament, advancing a peace process meant to end more than 40 years of conflict.
Slight drop in bikers fined for lacking crash helmets
Over 1,040 people on motorbikes and electric scooters were stopped and fined for not wearing crash helmets in the second week of February, police said Wednesday, compared to more than 1,240 a week earlier.
Crete, Gavdos emerge as main migrant gateway
Crete and Gavdos have emerged as the main entry gate for irregular migrants to Greece, according to the latest data, as regional and national authorities move to expand temporary accommodation capacity on the island.
Tassoulas welcomes Armenian counterpart in Athens
Greek President Konstantinos Tassoulas and Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan inspect the presidential guard during welcome ceremonies in Athens, Wednesday.
Why short-term rental bans aren’t cooling housing prices: Lessons from Lisbon to Athens
The bans that various cities in Europe have imposed on new short-term rental accommodation appear to be ineffective in containing housing prices. In fact, the case of the Portuguese capital illustrates that policy measures are beginning to change, as a different approach is required.
‘My grandfather was a hero’
“We feel emotion and pride. My grandfather was a hero.” With these words, Thrasyvoulos Marakis speaks about Thrasyvoulos Kalafatakis, one of the roughly 200 mainly communist Greek political prisoners and hostages executed by a Nazi firing squad in the Athens suburb of Kaisariani on Labor Day in 1944.