The Western Balkans truck drivers’ blockades of cargo terminals on borders with EU countries this week have brought risks of fuel shortages and business losses as they protest against restrictive EU entry rules.
Police in northern Greece arrested two men on Wednesday suspected of involvement in the separate murders of two women reported missing over the past year and a half, and are investigating whether human remains found on a partially-completed building site belong to one of the alleged victims.
A build-up of highly flammable propane gas leaking from underground pipes into the Violanta biscuit factory that was ignited by an electric spark caused this week’s deadly blast in central Greece that killed five workers, the fire service said Wednesday.
Police have arrested three suspected members of a gang of burglars that had diversified into illegal prospecting for antiquities, authorities said Wednesday.
The three survivors of Tuesday’s minibus crash in Romania, which claimed the lives of seven PAOK supporters, are expected to be repatriated to Greece on Thursday aboard a specially configured aircraft.
A court on the southern island of Crete on Wednesday imposed a suspended 12-month sentence on a local man convicted of a drink driving incident in which a 10-year-old child was lightly injured outside a primary school in the city of Hania.
The National Meteorological Service (EMY) issued an emergency weather bulletin on Wednesday for parts of the country ahead of the arrival of a low-pressure system expected to bring heavy rain, thunderstorms and hail on Thursday.
Authorities have temporarily closed a primary school and a high school in Volos, central Greece, that are also attended by students from the nearby Kassaveteia special rural detention facility for young offenders, after two confirmed cases of tuberculosis were reported at the facility.
Corinth Pipeworks has concluded preliminary agreements for the supply of large-caliber pipes to the flagship Alaska LNG project.
Police arrested nine people in Menidi, west of Athens, on charges including electricity theft and animal welfare violations, authorities said.