A 20-year-old man has appeared before a naval court in Piraeus after confessing to the fatal stabbing of a 27-year-old man whose body was discovered in a park in the Athens suburb of Agios Dimitrios earlier this week.
A 5.1-magnitude aftershock recorded at midday Friday off the coast of Ierapetra, southeastern Crete, is reinforcing – but not confirming – the view that the earlier 5.7-magnitude earthquake was the main shock, according to seismologists monitoring the area.
Authorities have added 13 beaches to a list of beaches on which umbrellas, food trucks and recreational vessels are prohibited, along with vehicle access, organized gatherings of more than ten people, and the use of music, speakers or amplifiers.
The earliest attempt to find oil in Greece was at the island of Zakynthos, western Greece, in 1865. But the most interesting story is perhaps the one that developed in Epirus between 1910 and 1940.
An Athens court has handed down lengthy prison sentences to two women convicted over a fatal blast in the Ambelokipi district in October 2024 in which one man was killed accidentally when the bomb he was handling exploded.
Non-profit organization Life is for All (LIFA), in collaboration with Georgetown University and the University of Thessaly, has received the international Earth Commons ECo Impact Award 2026-2027 for an initiative supporting families of children and young people with neurodevelopmental disorders and disabilities in crisis situations.
Greece’s newly appointed agriculture minister, Margaritis Schinas, on Friday defended an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) into the alleged misuse of millions of euros in EU farm subsidies, rejecting criticism that it interferes in domestic affairs.
The Turkish government says Formula 1 is to return to the country next season for the first time since 2021, on a five-year agreement.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday refused to be drawn into a dispute with the United States over reports that the Pentagon is weighing whether to punish members of NATO that fail to support American operations in the Iran war.
Greece’s main opposition leader Nikos Androulakis on Friday launched a sharp attack on the conservative government over corruption, saying his PASOK party must win the next election – “even by one vote” – to restore normalcy and put the country on a stronger European footing.