Nine Egyptian men go on trial in southern Greece on Tuesday, accused of causing a shipwreck that killed hundreds of migrants and sent shockwaves through the European Union’s border protection and asylum operations.
Last week the EU gave the final green light to a landmark overhaul of its migration and asylum policies, while 15 EU states demanded further measures to tighten the bloc’s asylum policy, including sending asylum seekers to third countries.
Two Swedish teenagers faced a court on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes on Tuesday after attempting to take down the Greek flag from the front of a police station in what appears to have been a social media stunt.
A driver working for a private bus company that shuttles people to and from work in the Aspropyrgos industrial zone, west of the capital, was released from police custody after being accused of raping a passenger, it emerged on Tuesday.
President Ebrahim Raisi’s death raises many questions regarding the clash between the hard core of Iran’s theocratic regime and its reformers and moderates.
Three Kathimerini journalists were presented with awards by the Botsis Foundation for the Promotion of Journalism at a ceremony at Athens’ Zappeion Hall, on Monday evening.
Police in Kalamata clashed with protesters on Tuesday morning outside the southwestern Peloponnesian city’s courthouse where nine Egyptian nationals are standing trial over the deadly migrant shipwreck off the coast of nearby Pylos.
The decision over the parliamentary presence of the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) has been postponed by the Electoral Court until after a verdict is issued in the criminal trial of the party’s MPs who are being prosecuted for defrauding the electorate.
The career of Turkish defender Samet Akaydin at Panathinaikos is reportedly most likely coming to an end over a post on his Instagram account Sunday to celebrate “Ataturk Memorial Day and Youth and Sports Day.”
“We cannot and do not want to reduce value-added tax,” said National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis on Monday, categorically refusing the request made once again by the president of the Association of Greek Food Industries.