The owner of a cookie factory in Trikala, central Greece, where five workers were killed in an explosion late last month, requested on Tuesday a brief postponement of his testimony before an investigative magistrate.
A criminal court in Thessaloniki on Tuesday convicted an ex-mayor and a former legal adviser of the Municipality of Sithonia in Halkidki, northern Greece, of breach of trust for failing to defend municipal land from private ownership claims, court officials said.
Greece’s pick for the Eurovision song contest, Akylas, is “pinching himself” after qualifying Sunday to represent the country in Vienna in May.
The Council of the European Union on Tuesday gave the final green light for providing financial assistance to eight member-states, including Greece, under the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) defense initiative.
A 17-year-old has died after being involved in a road accident on the Cycladic island of Paros.
Wooden chairs fill the neon-lit room. Darkly reminiscent of a wedding, they are divided by a narrow aisle – the guests of each party on either side. Here, the seats on the left are packed to capacity: the victims’ side. On the right, the chairs are empty: the defendant’s side.
A 22-year-old man was beaten and robbed early Tuesday in Argyroupoli, southern Athens, authorities said.
Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a prisoner at Domokos Prison as a potential contract killing rather than a spontaneous crime, according to law enforcement sources.
A rustic, nourishing cornmeal bread known as “bobota” – once called the “bread of the poor” during the wartime occupation years – is reborn here in a gently sweet version studded with raisins and scented with fresh orange.
A 36-year-old motorist damaged five cars before she was taken into custody for driving under the influence of alcohol in the downtown Athens district of Kolonaki early on Tuesday.