MeRA25 leader and former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has confirmed that he has been summoned to police headquarters in Athens for questioning over remarks about past drug use made during a recent podcast appearance.
Rice growers in northern Greece had braced for a tough 2026 season as competition from non-EU exporters heated up but many of them now worry that a controversial free trade deal between the European Union and South America’s biggest Mercosur economies might put them out of business for good.
Seven defendants in the Greek agricultural subsidy fraud case received reduced sentences on Thursday after returning €165,000 and admitting guilt through plea bargaining agreements.
The number of seats scheduled by airlines for Greece increased by 10% for the first quarter.
Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Friday that President Tayyip Erdogan may make a trip to the Gulf in February and that Turkey aimed to sign there a deal on an international 2,000 MW solar project. Bayraktar was speaking in an interview with Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber. [Reuters]
This week, we kick off with a look ahead at 2026, featuring interviews with Kathimerini Executive Editor Alexis Papachelas, Council on Foreign Relations’ Steven Cook on the protests in Iran, and analysis from Lena Argiri, Nektaria Stamouli, and Loukas Kozonis in our “Meet the Press” segment.
Authorities arrested five alleged members of a criminal organization responsible for gas station and mini market robberies in Attica during a targeted operation on Thursday.
Livestock producers are facing heavy losses as sheep and goat pox continues to spread nationwide.
From his career ‘takeoff’ in America with an aircraft timeshare firm to his contribution to his alma mater, Athens College.
Turkey’s foreign minister signaled the possibility of renewed substantive talks with Greece over maritime zones while taking pointed aim at Athens’ ties with the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he commented on the climate ahead of a planned visit by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Ankara next month.