Grigoris Dimitriadis, former general secretary and nephew of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in charge of Greece’s secret service testified before a Supreme Court prosecutor on Tuesday over an eavesdropping scandal targeting politicians, businessmen and media figures.
A journalist was arrested on Tuesday afternoon for domestic violence.
Greece’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday regarding an Albanian court’s decision to reject an appeal by Fredi Beleri, an ethnic Greek elected mayor of Himara and more recently in the European Parliament, who will have to remain in prison until October.
K-Gold Temporary Gallery (tumblr.com/kgoldtemporarygallery) kicks off its second decade with “On an Island,” with works by by Athens-based artist Kostis Stafylakis.
Wildfires broke out on Tuesday in Evia Island, in Attica, and in Thebes, Central Greece.
The government has treatened banks with state intervention unless they reduce the fees they charge clients for various banking activities.
The Greek police denied reports that they allowed suspects in the Hydra fire case to escape, stating they were never instructed to prevent their departure from the country.
Athens Mayor Haris Doukas, in a letter to PASOK’s central committee on Tuesday, called for a party leadership election in November.
A wildfire broke out near a residential area in Nea Artaki, central Evia, on Tuesday afternoon alerting the 112 emergency number for evacuation.
A court of appeals in Tirana on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Fredi Beleri, the mayor-elect of the ethnic Greek city of Himare and an elected MEP for Greece, who ran as a New Democracy candidate in this month’s European Parliament election.