The death toll from the capsizing of a boat loaded with migrants off the southern coast of Crete rose to five on Saturday evening, the Greek coast guard said, adding it had rescued 39 people from the sea.
Greek universities are on the brink of transformation, with the Education Ministry announcing a dramatic increase in the percentage of students admitted via placement exams.
Piraeus Mayor Yiannis Moralis testified before an investigative magistrate for three hours over his alleged involvement in a major case involving 167 defendants accused of being part of a criminal organization in Greek soccer.
Stations on metro Line 2 will be closed on Sunday and Monday (December 15-16) evening for the installation of the 5G network.
Expenditure on main and supplementary pensions and benefits will be increased by €644 mln.
The countdown to the selection of Greece’s next has begun, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis set to announce his pick for the country’s highest ceremonial post in mid-January or by the end of that month at the latest.
In Greece abandoned “ghost” towns and villages scattered across the countryside provide a glimpse into the country’s broader demographic challenge, which Prime Minister Mitsotakis has warned is “existential”.
The Cultural Center of Kalamata in the northwestern Peloponnese unveiled a permanent exhibition on Maria Callas on December 2, the day that, had the great Greek opera diva been alive, she would have turned 101 years old.
Kimberly Guilfoyle, US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee as the next US ambassador to Greece, has said she is “inspired by the enduring economic power of the US-Greece partnership.”
Authorities have recovered a body after a boat carrying migrants capsized southwest of the Cretan island of Gavdos.