Tunnel borer being assembled to start work on new Athens metro line
The first of two massive tunnel borers that will be put to work on the extension of the Athens metro is being assembled, the president of Attiko Metro SA announced on Tuesday.
The first of two massive tunnel borers that will be put to work on the extension of the Athens metro is being assembled, the president of Attiko Metro SA announced on Tuesday.
Authorities in the Evia town of Halkida are investigating the attempted gang rape of an 11-year-old resident of a migrant and refugee camp in Ritsona, northeast of the capital.
Police were looking on Tuesday for a man who held up a toll collector at the Doukissis Plakentias toll station, in northern Athens, on the Attiki Odos ring road.
Greece will hold a parliamentary election in May, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, with the country gearing up for a vote which is unlikely to produce an outright winner immediately.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called parliamentary elections for May 21, saying he wanted a clean slate to push through further reforms after four years at the helm.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s choice to repeat a congratulatory telegram on the national holiday of March 25, two years after a similar move on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Greek independence in 2021, is seen to reflect Ankara’s intention to continue on a low-key path and open channels of communication with Athens.
A progressive coalition centered on SYRIZA – provided it comes first in the election – will provide stability for a full four-year term, the leader of the main opposition, Alexis Tsipras said on Monday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday officially announced the date of Greece’s parliamentary elections, saying they will take place on May 21.
Standing at nearly 2 meters tall, with the physique of the former athlete that he is, wearing sneakers and a leather jacket, and speaking without mincing his words, Edi Rama is more like a rock star than a prime minister.
In a show of support for students in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Ioannina in northwestern Greece, the department’s professors submitted their resignations en masse to the rector, because of the non-granting of professional rights to faculty graduates.