US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, who also heads the US National Energy Dominance Council, took to social media Tuesday to praise the signing of exclusive lease agreements Monday by a consortium led by US oil major Chevron to search for natural gas off southern Greece.
Police on the resort island of Corfu have arrested a couple who allegedly spent the night of Valentine’s Day in a local hotel stealing copper piping to sell for scrap.
PASOK has suspended the party membership of Anastasia Hatzidaki, the former organizational secretary of the main opposition party, following reports linking her to allegations that welfare benefits were improperly granted to ineligible recipients.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will travel to Washington in lieu of President Tayyip Erdogan for the inaugural meeting of US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” on Thursday, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Persistent severe weather swept across large parts of the country on Tuesday, causing significant disruption, particularly in western Greece, as a third consecutive wave of rainfall battered already strained areas.
The Culture Ministry is moving swiftly to examine the authenticity and legal provenance of 12 photographs that likely depict the final moments of 200 people executed in Kaisariani on May 1, 1944, after the images surfaced days ago in an auction on eBay.
Dozens of arrests were made in Thessaloniki early Wednesday during a police crackdown on people remaining after hours on the grounds of the northern city’s main university campus.
Taxi drivers are on strike across Greece over government timelines for their obligatory transition to using electric vehicles and against competition from other chauffeuring services.
Authorities have scrapped plans to lease the two main sand beaches on the tiny island of Ano Koufonissi to businesses that planned to set up sun loungers and umbrellas there, ending their free and unrestricted use by the public.
Gale-force winds blowing across Greece have disrupted air and sea transport.