The Ministry of Rural Development and Food has imposed a comprehensive ban on all livestock products from the island of Lesvos after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was detected Monday at a cattle farm in the Pelopi region.
A small landslide has closed the road to Athinios, Santorini’s primary ferry port, disrupting traffic and raising safety concerns just ahead of the busy Easter tourism season.
A manager at London-listed insurer Hiscox faces a criminal charge of providing false testimony during an attempted extradition of a former colleague from Greece to Bermuda, court proceedings and filings seen by Reuters show.
On Friday morning, the frigate Themistoklis, hull number F-465, will pass into history after a total of 45 years at sea, including half of that time in service with the Hellenic Navy.
The closure of gas stations, which had been announced by the industry, was avoided after Thursday’s meeting.
A police coordinator testified Thursday that a senior officer interfered with efforts to detain suspects following the fatal wounding of a riot policeman outside the Melina Merkouri stadium in Piraeus district Renti on December 7, 2023.
After a Greek-operated Patriot missile defense system deployed in Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched from Iran, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described the action as “strictly defensive” and part of an ongoing bilateral agreement.
Some media outlets and others online have misidentified photos of a London man as the British street artist Banksy. The man, George Georgiou, [a Londoner of Greek descent who was born and raised in the city], is not Banksy.
Taxi drivers in Athens extended their strike into a fourth day Friday in protest of a contentious Transport Ministry bill under debate in Parliament, which they say threatens their livelihoods.
Beyond the other issues on the agenda – the war in the Middle East and the resulting energy crisis – Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday raised another concern as he arrived at the European Council summit in Brussels: the risk of a new migration crisis.