Tension erupted among fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv earlier on Thursday in Syntagma Square in downtown Athens with the Israeli team’s fans allegedly assaulting a foreign man of Arab descent who was exiting the metro station.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday won the backing of the EU’s leading political group, the centre-right European People’s Party, to head the bloc’s powerful executive for another five years.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis issued a clear message of support for Ukraine n Thursday, a day after a Russian missile missed Ukraine’s president and the prime minister of Greece by hundreds of metres when it slammed into port infrastructure in the Black Sea city of Odesa.
The first afternoon surgery will be held on March 12 at Papageorgiou Hospital in Thessaloniki, Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis said in an interview with Skai TV on Thursday.
The first fatal attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on shipping threatens to further sever a crucial maritime artery for global trade and carries with it risks beyond those just at sea.
Five people believed to be members of a criminal organization that committed burglaries of homes and businesses, and also stole license plates in various areas of Macedonia and central Greece, were arrested on Wednesday.
A security alert was triggered on Thursday following the discovery of a suspicious item found behind an outdoor air conditioner unit of a bank in Tavros, a suburb in southwestern Athens.
Health authorities announced that preventative treatment will be offered to the close contacts of three students who were diagnosed with meningococcal disease after a third case was recorded in less than three months in the University of the Peloponnese, western Greece, on Wednesday.
Members of the student associations of Athens occupied the Rectorate of the University of Athens on Thursday, as protests around the country mount in response to a government bill allowing the establishment of private universities.
Traffic restrictions will be introduced in the Greek capital on Sunday (March 10) for the Athena Half Marathon race and related events.