The Culture Ministry is moving swiftly to examine the authenticity and legal provenance of 12 photographs that likely depict the final moments of 200 people executed in Kaisariani on May 1, 1944, after the images surfaced days ago in an auction on eBay.
Dozens of arrests were made in Thessaloniki early Wednesday during a police crackdown on people remaining after hours on the grounds of the northern city’s main university campus.
Taxi drivers are on strike across Greece over government timelines for their obligatory transition to using electric vehicles and against competition from other chauffeuring services.
Authorities have scrapped plans to lease the two main sand beaches on the tiny island of Ano Koufonissi to businesses that planned to set up sun loungers and umbrellas there, ending their free and unrestricted use by the public.
Gale-force winds blowing across Greece have disrupted air and sea transport.
“Greece has emerged as a key regional energy hub and is positioning itself as a premier energy gateway to Europe,” said US Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle in remarks during the event “Nisyros Dialogues – Bridging the East Med” on Tuesday evening. Referring to Chinese investment in Piraeus, she said a new port should be built to…
A man who tried to rob an Athens supermarket at gunpoint has been foiled, first by a cashier who routed him brandishing a pair of scissors and then by an off-duty policeman who gave chase and detained him, police said Wednesday.
Nearly two weeks after the deadly explosion at the Violanta biscuit factory in Trikala, a 10-year employee told fire investigators he had smelled “at least for two months” an odor “like LPG” (liquefied petroleum gas) in Building 2, strongest in restrooms and the dishwashing area.
US President Donald Trump said Greek-American ties are “stronger than ever” and described Greece as a “valuable partner and ally” during a White House ceremony for the presentation of credentials by Greece’s new ambassador to Washington, Antonis Alexandridis, according to reports.
The next increase in the minimum wage will be announced before Easter, in early April, Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said on Tuesday on SKAI TV.