Twelve people were remanded into pretrial custody by an Athens prosecutor on Friday, as an investigating magistrate began questioning dozens of suspects who were arrested during Monday’s deadly soccer-related violence.
Greece’s security services are ailing from structural weaknesses that must be cured. This, however, is a process that takes time.
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis had a reportedly warm telephone conversation on Friday with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba.
Eager to fight persistent inflation, which spiked in July, the government wants to impose profit restriction on more consumer goods, this time focusing on water heaters and boilers.
More than 2,000 officers have been assigned by the leadership of Greece’s police force, ELAS, to prevent violence on the sidelines of several soccer games taking place in Athens over the next few days.
A common thread runs through the disasters of the past few months: Although the danger was evident, measures were not taken to avert it.
The Ecumenical Patriarchate on Friday thanked the prefect of Trebzon for signing the written permit for the patriarchal liturgy at the historic Monastery of Panagia Soumela on August 15.
A funeral service was held Friday for a Greek soccer fan killed in an attack led by Croatian supporters that has rattled European sporting officials.
Greek authorities said Friday they safely evacuated dozens of migrants from a sailboat reported in trouble off the southern coast of Greece, amid a rise in migration to the Mediterranean country.