The USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier arrived at the Faliro Bay, off the southern coast of Athens on Saturday where it will remain until noon next Tuesday, as part of a planned visit to Greece.
A 36-year-old man who killed his mother and injured his grandmother in November 2021 in their home in the town of Agrinio, western Greece, will appear in court in Lefkada on Monday.
Hospitality employers are asking for the importing of at least 80,000 workers from third countries, such as Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Balkans, with the aim of filling vacant positions.
Farmers will now be forewarned of impending frost via a new app funded and designed by the Ministry of Rural Development and Food in cooperation with National Meteorological Service.
Low temperatures, frost, heavy snowfall even in lowland areas of eastern Greece, as well as force 8-9 northerly winds in sea areas, are the main characteristics of the Barbara weather front that is expected to hit Greece from Sunday, according to an updated emergency weather bulletin from the National Weather Service.
An 18-year-old was charged with dangerous bodily harm, illegal carrying and use of weapons after he injured a 17-year-old student with a sharp object during a fight in a school in northern Greece on Friday.
Far-right extremist activity has been curtailed following the arrests of members of Combat 18 and the Non-Aligned Maeandrist Nationalists (AME), and the conviction of Golden Dawn’s leadership, according to a classified report prepared by Greece’s anti-terrorism service.
An outdoor double exhibition commemorating the victims of the Holocaust through art work and family photographs opened on central Vasilissis Olgas Avenue in Athens on Friday.
The rise of the European Central Bank benchmark interest rate, which has pushed the Euribor up 2.5% in the last seven months, entails a considerable increase in the monthly installment for a 100,000-euro mortgage loan – from €160 to €240, depending on the duration of the loan and the margin applied by each bank.
Finance Minister Christos Staikouras spoke on Friday of the better-than-predicted course of revenues in 2022, and once again left open the possibility for additional fiscal space and new support measures.