Europe’s time is now – or never again
The world we knew is not coming back. For decades, Europe lived with comforting certainties. That era is over.
Ombudsman urges impartial, extensive Coast Guard probe into Chios migrant deaths
Greece’s Ombudsman’s office on Thursday urged the Coast Guard to conduct an “impartial and extensive” investigation into the death of 15 migrants in a collision between a Coast Guard vessel and a small inflatable boat off Chios this week.
Kos biotechnology fund invests in sector consultancy Epikast
Kos Biotechnology Partners, a global life sciences investment firm, has made its first investment, to Epikast, a US-Greek consultancy advising pharmaceuticals and other biomedical companies on expanding market access.
Two South Americans arrested over jewelry store thefts in Attica
Greater Athens police said Thursday they have arrested a man and a woman from South America on suspicion of belonging to a gang that specialized in stealing from central Athens jewelry stores.
Arrested military spy suspected of leaking intelligence to ‘US rival superpower’
A member of Greece’s Armed Forces arrested Thursday on suspicion of leaking classified information to “third parties” is believed to have passed intelligence to a foreign superpower considered a major rival of the United States, Kathimerini understands.
Man held over injured relative scam targeting elderly woman
Police in northern Greece said Thursday they have arrested a man suspected of belonging to a scammers’ ring that preyed on vulnerable people, demanding large sums of cash to cover fictitious emergency hospital treatment for relatives of their prospective victims.
Parliament passes ‘legal migration’ bill
Parliament passed a “legal migration” bill with the votes of the ruling New Democracy party, while all opposition parties voted against it.
Turkey’s TPAO, Chevron agree joint oil, gas exploration
Turkey’s state-run TPAO Petroleum and US giant Chevron Corp. signed an agreement Thursday to jointly explore for and produce oil and gas.
Health Ministry records 16 new deaths from flu, COVID-19
The Health Ministry said Thursday that nine people have died of flu and seven of COVID-19 in the week of January 26 to February 1, while there was a reduction in new cases of both diseases.
Man arrested on Lesvos for spraying graffiti on building
A man has been arrested on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesvos in a rare crackdown on graffiti vandalism.