Europe faces a “huge risk of terrorist attacks” over the Christmas holiday period due to the fallout from the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the European Union’s home affairs commissioner warned Tuesday.
As the Greek government is getting ready to host Turkey’s president and a number of his ministers in Athens on Thursday, it looks to the immediate future of bilateral relations with a sense of reserved optimism.
The Ministry of National Economy and Finance put a bill up for public consultation on Friday that provides for the extension of various measures aimed at alleviating the effects of price hikes and inflation.
Police have arrested a 71-year-old man on the island of Salamina on suspicion that he shot dead his 43-year-old ex-wife with a hunting rifle in her mother’s home.
Two people have been remanded in custody after appearing before an investigating magistrate to answer charges of defrauding the National Organization for the Provision of Health Services (EOPYY) of over €500,000 through the issuing of fake prescriptions.
The Acropolis Museum launched an exhibition Tuesday that includes a renowned ancient Greek water jug from 420 BC on loan from the British Museum. The exhibit comes during a dispute over Greek demands for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures from the British Museum.
A statement officially announcing the foundation of New Left has been delivered to Parliamentary Speaker Konstantinos Tassoulas by the head of the new party’s parliamentary group, Alexis Charitsis.
Following Halki and Astypalaia, Poros is now poised to become Greece’s third “green island” under the GR-Eco Islands initiative.
The government has announced that it has dispatched humanitarian aid to Cyprus to deal with an anticipated increase in refugee flows, at Nicosia’s request.