Category Archives: Latest Greek news

Public health policy and data

No public health policy anywhere in the world can be effectively designed without reliable data.

Greens down Fener, Reds conquer Paris

The relentless pace of Euroleague games continues with another double week, with Panathinaikos and Olympiakos scoring important wins in its first half.

5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Santorini, strongest in recent days

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck on Wednesday night, a few minutes after 9 p.m., in the sea area between Santorini and Amorgos islands.

The Greek Nautical Club in Alexandria

“Whenever you move a stone in Egypt, you find a Greek under it.” That is what Lord Cromer, the British high commissioner in Egypt, said at the beginning of the 20th century. And in Alexandria, in particular, you don’t need to pick up a stone, as Greek landmarks are everywhere.

Tractors blockade cities

Disgruntled farmers drove their tractors through downtown Larissa, Ioannina and Kilkis and blocked stretches of the national highway in different parts of the country on Wednesday, signaling their intent to intensify their nationwide protest actions unless their demands are met by the government.

Hit-and-run suspects in Crete to testify before judge

Two young men in Iraklio, Crete, were given an additional day to prepare their testimony to a judge on Wednesday over a hit-and-run that left a 25-year-old motorcycle rider with a severed leg and his 19-year-old passenger fighting for his life.

ATHEX: Moderation on bourse as traders choose to wait

The Athens bourse had a relatively calm day on Wednesday, after the previous sessions’ volatility.

Police bust hi-tech passport forgery lab

Police in Athens have arrested a man accused of forging passports that he allegedly sold to migrant smuggling networks for between €600 to 900 each.

Calls for prosecution of supermarket worker in wiretapping case

Main opposition PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis and journalist Thanasis Koukakis have requested that the lawsuits they had filed against a supermarket employee accused of facilitating use of the Predator spyware in the 2022 wiretapping scandal be reopened on the grounds that he provided false testimony in the previous investigation.

Rouvikonas raise banner inside Parliament in protest over Tempe disaster

Members of the self-styled anarchist group Rouvikonas raised a banner inside the Greek Parliament on Wednesday night in protest over the Tempe railway disaster.