Greek health authorities announced three cases of leptospirosis in Thessaly, the region that flooded during storm Daniel two weeks ago, while 41 new cases of gastroenteritis were recorded in the last 24 hours.
Bank of Greece data confirm a record in arrivals of foreign visitors in the first seven months of the year.
Two Turkish citizens who were arrested on 16 September for espionage after they were seen flying a drone over a Navy station on the island of Poros, south of Athens, were released after posting a 10,000-euro bail.
A Labor Ministry bill that would allow full-time employees to get a part-time second job and work up to 13 hours a day under certain conditions was approved by a majority in Parliament on Friday. The bill received 158 votes of the governing majority, and rejected by 138 votes.
US Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, and his wife have been charged with bribery offenses in connection with their relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, federal prosecutors said on Friday.
Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias called an urgent interministerial meeting on Friday to discuss a new storm that is heading towards Greece in the coming week.
US Senator Bob Menendez on Friday vehemently rejected the bribery offenses he and his wife were charged with by federal prosecutors in connection with their relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, calling them “baseless.”
In the 1937 movie “A Damsel in Distress,” Fred Astaire sang for the first time Gershwin’s song “A Foggy Day (in London Town).” Two lines in the lyrics, “I viewed the morning, with much alarm / the British Museum had lost its charm,” suddenly became very timely.
A24-year-old worker has died in a workplace-related accident in the western city of Agrinio. The man was working on drainage excavation works in the city. Initial reports say the man was hit by an excavator. The injured worker was transferred to Agrinio hospital, where he was pronounced dead. An investigation is underway.
Cyprus has formally called on the European Union to re-evaluate which areas of Syria can be declared safe and free from armed conflict so that Syrian migrants can eventually be repatriated there, the Cypriot Interior Ministry said Friday.