Greater Athens police checks find 1 in 93 drivers over alcohol limit
A three-day police crackdown on drink-driving in the Greater Athens region saw just over 23,000 motorists stopped for testing, with 246 found to be over the limit.
Heavy storms forecast across Greece as severe weather causes flooding in Attica
Heavy rain and thunderstorms have been affecting much of Greece, with the Athens National Observatory and Meteo meteorological service warning that some areas may see hail.
Mount Athos to receive €9 million in earthquake restoration funds
Mount Athos, northern Greece, will receive €9 million in restoration funds following earthquake damage, Deputy Interior Minister of the Macedonia and Thrace regions Konstantinos Gkioulekas said during his visit to the male-only monastic community.
Authorities freeze assets belonging to suspects in EU farm subsidy scandal
Greece’s authority against money-laundering has frozen assets including high-end real estate and deposits belonging to two key suspects in the fraudulent European Union farm subsidy scandal, state ERT television said.
The ‘fiction’ at the heart of justice
Mark Carney did not go to Davos to praise the global system of governance but to announce the death of an illusion.
Fifth body found after deadly explosion at Trikala biscuit factory
Fire brigade investigators at the site of a deadly explosion and fire at a biscuit factory in Trikala, central Greece, early Monday morning have located the body of a fifth employee, raising the death toll to five, authorities said.
Government outlines bill for new three-seat diaspora constituency, postal vote
Government officials on Monday presented details of draft legislation that would allow Greeks living abroad to vote by mail in forthcoming national elections, choosing three members of the diaspora to represent them in Greece’s parliament.
Over €1.19 million recovered in farm subsidy checks
A little over €1.19 million in undue payments has been recovered since the incorporation of the scandal-battered OPEKEPE farm subsidies agency in Greece’s independent tax authority in December 2025, the government said Monday.
Gerapetritis travels to New York, will meet Guterres, members of diaspora
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will travel to New York Tuesday for a visit that will include a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
President meeting with former PMs in push to build consensus
President Konstantinos Tasoulas is meeting with former prime ministers in an initiative aimed at reducing toxic political polarization and fostering dialogue among opposing factions.