Retail prices keep increasing
A typical supermarket “basket” in Greece may be cheaper compared to other European countries.
A typical supermarket “basket” in Greece may be cheaper compared to other European countries.
A 4-year-old boy is in critical condition at the Children’s Hospital Aglaia Kyriakou in Athens on Thursday following severe physical abuse by his mother’s partner.
Discussing the consolidation of humanitarian aid delivery in Gaza and upcoming developments in the Middle East, Greek Foreign Affairs Minister George Gerapetritis met with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on Thursday in the Saudi capital.
Athens’ transit company, OASA, is planning to reduce the need for tickets – which are often hard to find in more remote parts of the transport network – by allowing commuters to pay their fare directly by card or via a smartphone app.
Tensions broke out between police and university students protesting in main Syntagma square in Athens on Thursday.
Iran’s navy seized St Nikolas, the oil tanker associated with the Greek shipping company Empire Navigation, on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian media reported. The oil tanker was once at the center of a major crisis between Tehran and Washington, officials said, a seizure that further escalated tensions in the Mideast waterways.
The ski resort of Agriolefkes on Mount Pelion, central Greece, will open on Friday, following the recent snowfall, the operating company said on Thursday.
Greek authorities have issued a European arrest warrant and an extradition request for a 33-year-old man from North Macedonia believed to be involved in the killing of a 39-year-old compatriot in Halkidiki in July last year.
Greece should revise its legal framework to either minimise penalties or fully decriminalize soft drugs to reduce the burden on the judicial and prison system, among other benefits, according to a study by the Center for Liberal Studies (KEFiM), in collaboration with the European network Epicenter.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the new wing of the Boehringer Ingelheim pharmaceutical company in Koropi will be one of the most technologically advanced in Europe, durin a visit to the company on Thursday.