Israel will share operational experience from the use of F-35 fighter jets with Greece as the two countries seek to deepen strategic cooperation amid growing instability in the Middle East, according to an Israeli spokesperson.
A Greek prosecutor has ordered that assets belonging to 17 farmers suspected of involvement in wide-scale European Union subsidy fraud be frozen pending an investigation into whether they should be charged over the so-called OPEKEPE scandal. Organized crime prosecutor Dimitris Gyzis is understood to have issued the first sequestration orders shortly before Christmas. These involved…
A 51-year-old pedestrian was slightly injured Monday morning when a taxi accidentally drove onto the sidewalk of busy Panepistimiou Street in central Athens, authorities said. The accident occurred at 11:15 a.m.
Gale-force winds, rainstorms and snowfall are forecast to hit Greece over the next couple of days before starting to relent from Thursday on.
Greek taxi drivers are holding a new two-day strike starting 6 a.m. Tuesday, to protest schedules for obligatory transition to electric-powered vehicles. The greater Athens region’s SATA union has called the strike, and taxi drivers in Thessaloniki and other parts of the country are expected to also participate. Taxi driver unions are angry at a…
Representatives of European royal families, including the king and queen of Spain, on Monday attended the funeral service at the Athens Metropolitan Cathedral for former Princess Irene of Greece, ahead of her burial in a former royal estate outside Athens.
European members of NATO are sending troops to Greenland to take part in a joint military exercise and to send a message that they are prepared to defend this semiautonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Police in western Athens have arrested a man suspected of burgling and then accidentally burning down a plastic manufacturing plant, in a blaze that mobilized dozens of firefighters and prompted public health warnings earlier Monday. The 37-year-old suspect is believed to have entered the premises in the suburb of Menidi before dawn to steal lengths…
Greece and Algeria are expected to sign a tourism cooperation agreement during two days of meetings in Athens that started Monday.
Even though a new national election will most likely take place in 2027, 2026 is considered by everyone a pre-election year, with the countdown clock starting to tick most likely in early September, with the prime minister’s traditional keynote speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair.