‘Panic button’ app to help women facing domestic violence
A digital application for cellphones to support women facing violence at home, called “Panic Button,” was introduced in Athens and Thessaloniki on March 23.
A digital application for cellphones to support women facing violence at home, called “Panic Button,” was introduced in Athens and Thessaloniki on March 23.
A 66-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a case involving a 15-year-old boy in the city of Iraklio on the island of Crete.
The president of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO), Takis Baltakos, said on Monday that he will ask for UEFA’s assistance in bringing in elite and first-class referees for the remaining playoff matches of the Greek Superleague.
A 24-hour strike called by workers at the Athens metro for Tuesday was called off after their union said that a “channel of communication” had been opened with the government to resolve long-standing issues.
A contractor stationmaster working for Hellenic Railways was conditionally released on Monday after testifying about his role in a February 28 rail disaster that claimed 57 lives.
A recently set up Greek-Bulgarian working group met in Athens last Friday to discuss reviving the Alexandroupoli-Burgas oil pipeline project.
Third-country migrants working in Greek farms will have their residence permits extended to the end of the year, Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis said in Parliament on Monday.
A 44-year-old Taekwondo coach accused by five former students of raping them when they were minors over a period of 11 years was sent to jail after testifying for several hours before an investigative magistrate on Monday.
Pope Francis on Monday met with Culture Minister Lina Mendoni at the Vatican, following his decision to donate to Archbishop Ieronymos three fragments of the Parthenon.
Gunshots fired on the building of an Albanian private television station resulted in the death of a security guard, police said Monday.