Prosecutor summons two more suspects to testify in wiretapping scandal
Two more suspects in the wiretapping scandal that targeted politicians, businessmen and media figures have been called to testify before a Supreme Court prosecutor.
Two more suspects in the wiretapping scandal that targeted politicians, businessmen and media figures have been called to testify before a Supreme Court prosecutor.
Police in Athens have arrested a suspected crime boss with the underworld title of “vor v zakone” – or thief in law – wanted by Russia under an Interpol red notice, police officials have said.
Greece beat Montenegro 86-57 in Acropolis basketball tournament opening match on Tuesday, at the Peace and Friendship Stadium (SEF).
An exhibition of more than 1,100 artefacts, from statues and table games to children’s toys, found in an ancient Athens neighborhood during excavations in the area of its modern Acropolis Museum has opened to the public.
The Ministry of the Interior announced the immediate allocation of 1.3 million euros to the municipalities of Attica to collect the large quantities of dry branches and waste from private plots, recognizing the serious problem that has been created and the potential for fires.
The OECD has noted Greece’s adjustment into taking measures against corruption and in fighting it in international business transactions, in a report after an assessment carried out in the country.
Yannis Palaiologos, a journalist at large with Kathimerini and the co-editor of the “Sustainable Cyclades” project, joins Thanos Davelis to look into the latest warnings about over-tourism and sustainability, the response from Athens and locals, and its impact on the social fabric of the country – particularly on the islands.
The trial for the assassination of investigative journalist Giorgos Karaivaz, scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed until July 5 at the request of a lawyer representing Karaivaz’s family.
None of the countries that have yet to join the euro meet all accession criteria and many have even diverged from the long-set rules of euro membership, the European Central Bank has said in a report on prospective members.
An inmate was reportedly killed and another injured in a violent brawl involving knives or some other similar weapon in the Greek capital’s Korydallos Prison on Wednesday.