Eighteen years after construction began on the Thessaloniki Metro, the subway system of Greece’s northern port city is finally set to open to the public on November 30. However, a significant issue remains unresolved: ticketing.
Deputy Justice Minister Ioannis Bougas outlined the government’s legal reforms on Tuesday aimed at addressing a surge in youth violence, including tougher penalties for parents who neglect the supervision of their minors.
Albanian opposition lawmakers violently disrupted a Parliament session Monday to protest the imprisonment of a fellow legislator for alleged slander.
Former New Democracy lawmaker Andreas Patsis was sentenced on Tuesday to three years in prison, convertible to a fine of 10 euros per day, for submitting inaccurate wealth declarations.
Hundreds of firefighters and volunteers in southern Greece battled a wildfire for a third day that has killed two people and devastated a large forested area, prompting pledges of assistance from other European Union countries.
Sometimes, exerting power can break through the limits of political management, offering joy to those who wield it and to those whom it helps. As when a prime minister focuses on the pain of a small group of people and, with one push, propels a long-running struggle for justice towards resolution.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has reached out to former prime ministers Kostas Karamanlis and Antonis Samaras in a bid to foster unity within the New Democracy party ahead of its 50th anniversary celebration.
The European Civil Protection Mechanism has mobilised three firefighting aircraft, two from Italy and one from Croatia, to assist Greek first responders as they battle a large wildfire that has been burning in the south of the country for three days.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will hold informal talks with Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders in New York in October “to have an exchange on the way forward on the Cyprus issue,” UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Monday.
A man from Bangladesh was found dead in a police cell in central Athens on Tuesday morning.