Over 1,060 people on motorbikes and electric scooters were stopped and fined for not wearing crash helmets in the third week of February, police said Monday, compared to more than 1,040 a week earlier.
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of digging for buried antiquities on an archaeological site in northern Greece, police said Monday.
Police at Athens International Airport have arrested a traveller for alleged membership of an international drugs smuggling ring after finding 21 kilos of marijuana in his luggage, authorities said Monday.
The nearly 1,900-year-old Odeon of Herodes Atticus under the Acropolis, which is used for an annual summer music festival, will close for at least three years for an extensive facelift that will include conservation and restoration, authorities said Monday.
A man was injured Monday after falling about seven meters from a cliff at Tourkovounia Hill in Athens while flying a kite.
The Greek political system has changed dramatically in the last 15 years. We have reached the point where there is a large party that is the only pole around which a government can be formed.
Environment and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou is visiting Washington this week for meetings aimed at strengthening energy cooperation between the United States and Greece.
Pianist and composer Stathis Anninos presents “Unsilent Place – Birthday Edition” at Athens’ Half Note Jazz Club (17 Trivonianou), leading a collective of top musicians.
A 74-year-old mountain climber reported missing on Saturday afternoon in southern mainland Greece was found dead on Monday, authorities said.
Traffic was suspended early Monday afternoon in parts of central Athens’ Omonia area following a road-surface collapse on a nearby side street. No injuries have been reported.