The absence and the chaos
The complete absence of traffic police from the center of Athens is impressive. Citizens are reminded that it exists only when officials are moving around or during demonstrations.
The complete absence of traffic police from the center of Athens is impressive. Citizens are reminded that it exists only when officials are moving around or during demonstrations.
A 60-year-old owner of a nursing home on Crete has been arrested following a search of the facility. Acting on complaints about the living conditions, the lack of cleanliness, lack of supervision as well as bad building conditions, police visited the institution, which is located in Iraklio.
The government expects shipping companies to table concrete proposals on Thursday to alleviate the high cost of ferry tickets this summer, following a “constructive” meeting between both sides on Tuesday at the prime minister’s office.
A group of 111 migrants who were stranded on a rocky shore near Cape Maleas in the Peloponnese have been transferred to temporary accommodation in Neapoli Voion, Laconia, with the assistance of coast guard, police and the local municipality.
The first contender for the SYRIZA leadership election is expected to throw her hat into the ring on Wednesday, sources have said. Associates said that Efi Achtsioglou would declare her candidacy at noon at the Athens Conservatoire.
A Thessaloniki court has sentenced two people to ten years’ imprisonment for their role in an ATM skimming operation in which the data of at least 665 bank cards were stolen.
Eight Greek universities have made it into the latest QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) global university ranking, with the National Technical University of Athens (or Athens Polytechnic) top among them, in 347th place.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said that he hopes that the new positive atmosphere in the relations between Greece and Turkey is something that he and the Turkish president can build on to “make some important steps forward, which will be to the benefit of both our peoples.”
Greece on Tuesday raised 3.5 billion euros in cash and bonds from a new 15-year bond issue, its debt agency said, marking the nation’s first bond sale since June’s national election.