Authorities at the northeastern border with Turkey have arrested a truck driver accused of smuggling migrants into the country in the latest of a string of similar detentions, police said Sunday.
Most of central Athens will be locked down until at least 2 pm Sunday due to a series of footraces held as part of Athens Half Marathon 2026, which will severely disrupt all public transport except for the capital’s metro system.
More than 500 Greek citizens have been flown back from the war-afflicted Persian Gulf region so far this weekend while similar flights will continue in coming days, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
A group of about 30 people in central Athens attacked a coach carrying the Olympiakos women’s basketball team back from a game against cross-town rivals Panathinaikos, state ERT television said.
Police in Thessaloniki early Sunday arrested a motorist for driving at twice the legal speed limit on the national highway, amid a protracted crackdown on highway code breaches following the introduction of harsher penalties for dangerous driving.
A strong earthquake with preliminary magnitude 5.3 shook northwestern Greece early Sunday but no injuries or severe damage were reported, authorities said.
A woman in the southern town of Loutraki has been arrested for allegedly trying to sell religious icons and other antiques on the internet, in breach of cultural heritage laws.
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup reaches the 100-day milestone before its June 12 kickoff, host cities Toronto and Vancouver have moved into the final stages of operational preparation.
Greece is pushing to transform its former coal-mining region of Western Macedonia into a major European data center hub.