Farmers from the Nikaia bloc, central Greece, said they oppose holding a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday and are considering escalating protests, including the possibility of bringing tractors to Athens.
The week started with a mixed session for the Greek stock market.
Following Sunday night’s unrest on NATO Avenue in the western Attica suburb of Aspropyrgos, during which unknown individuals set fires and threw stones, injuring a police officer in the head, authorities carried out a targeted operation in the Nea Zoi and Neoktista settlements.
Taxi drivers in the greater Athens region will launch a series of rolling two-day strikes Tuesday.
Maria Karystianou effectively fired the starting gun for the new political parties that are expected to be announced in 2026. Following several ambiguous statements, she announced that she will be spearheading the change she wants to see after all.
Dr Stephen Miran, a member of the board of governors of the US Federal Reserve System, will give a lecture on Wednesday at 5 p.m. at the National Gallery–Alexandros Soutsos Museum, the Delphi Economic Forum has announced.
A cold snap saw temperatures drop well below freezing Monday after days of unseasonal warmth, with snow falling in several parts of the country, including the hills north of Athens and some Aegean Sea islands.
Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has launched a scathing attack on Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew calling him the “Constantinople Antichrist” and accusing him of attempting to “sow discord” in the Russian Orthodox world with support from the British secret service.
A 39-year-old grill restaurant owner and his 70-year-old father were injured in a shooting early Monday outside the enterprise in southern Athens, authorities said.