Seven arrested ahead of AEK–Panathinaikos match
Authorities arrested seven people Sunday during checks ahead of the AEK-Panathinaikos football match.
New AI tool to help predict killer aneurysms
Researchers from seven Greek universities and institutes have developed “SAFE-AORTA,” an artificial intelligence application designed to predict life-threatening abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) ruptures. AAA is the 13th leading cause of death and the third leading cause of sudden death in the West. Those experiencing a rupture face an 80% mortality rate. Because aneurysms are often…
Tsipras tries to woo PASOK into an alliance
Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras is trying, for the umpteenth time, to poach voters from the socialist PASOK party, as he is planning his comeback with a new party.
Thousands jockeying to enter top-tier state schools
Thousands of students are preparing for entrance exams to state top-tier model, experimental, and Onassis Public Schools, scheduled April 24-26, officials said. Education authorities expect applications, driven by the expansion of the school network and sustained parental interest, to exceed last year‘s record of 24,817. For the coming academic year, eight new Onassis Public Schools and nine…
Nearly 2,000 beneficiaries join free adult obesity prevention program
Nearly 2,000 beneficiaries have joined Greece’s free new program aimed at tackling adult obesity and preventing cardiovascular disease, according to official data.
Mitsotakis says changing Greenland status quo would be ‘disastrous’
Any attempt to change the status quo in Greenland would be “disastrous” and a “direct challenge to NATO,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview Monday. “It could prove the final straw in a difficult relationship we have with the US,” Mitsotakis said. “Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and that cannot…
At a time of upheaval, can the EU avoid being marginalized?
In the current era of radical disruption, Europe seems at a loss – or still worse – scared and divided. The world at large is becoming ever more perilous, and the fundamental assumptions of old no longer apply.
Inmate killed in Korydallos prison stabbing
A convicted murderer, serving a life sentence in Korydallos prison, was stabbed to death in his cell by a fellow prisoner on Monday.
Farmers ponder protest future after ‘unsatisfactory’ talks with Mitsotakis
Protesting Greek farmers who are demanding extra state subsidies and tax breaks will decide Tuesday whether to continue their weeks-long campaign of blocking key highways and border crossings, following lengthy talks with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
79 migrants reach southern Gavdos island from Libya
A total 79 migrants reached the southern island of Gavdos in a small vessel from northern Africa on Sunday and two of them have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to a migrant smuggling gang, authorities said Monday.