Parking attendant killer remanded to pretrial custody
A 68-year-old man who shot and killed a parking attendant in the capital’s port city of Piraeus over a trivial grievance has been remanded into pretrial custody.
A 68-year-old man who shot and killed a parking attendant in the capital’s port city of Piraeus over a trivial grievance has been remanded into pretrial custody.
A strike and rally called for Thursday by the Athens Labor Unions Organization (EKA) to protest recent government policy announcements gathered steam on Tuesday, as civil servants, air traffic controllers and bus drivers joined the action.
Ankara will not be swayed by pressure from US Congress or any of its officials via the matter of the F-16 sale, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Monday during an interview on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
There are no indications that the two Turkish nationals who were arrested on suspicion of espionage after they were seen flying a drone over a naval station on the island of Poros are spies, Kathimerini understands.
SYRIZA leadership candidate Nikos Pappas on Tuesday voiced his support for frontrunner Stefanos Kasselakis after failing to make the cut on Sunday for the top spot in the leftist opposition party.
A law capping the profit margins on basic essential goods could also apply in the following year if inflation persists, Development Minister Kostas Skrekas said on Sunday at the OT Forum held at the 87th Thessaloniki International Forum.
With questions mounting over what was to blame for the devastation caused by Storm Daniel, the discussion ahead of local elections is revolving around the role of municipalities in civil protection.
The parents of a Greek woman who died of botulism after eating infected sardines in the French city of Bordeaux are seeking answers as to why their daughter was not properly diagnosed, despite apparently being seen by doctors at two hospitals.
Yannis Palaiologos, a journalist at-large with Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis to look at the new political season unfolding in Greece, from the battle over the future leadership of SYRIZA to the Mitsotakis government’s efforts to set a new agenda in the wake of wildfires and floods.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ announcement last Saturday of an increase in the daily accommodation fee paid by hotel guests, with the aim of financing the natural disasters reserve, drew reactions from a number of hoteliers.