The shipping and island policy minister of the caretaker government, Theodoros Kliaris, visited the Port of Piraeus on Friday ahead of the long weekend, when traffic to the islands peaks for this month.
“May,” a painting by Yannis Tsarouchis has sold for €475,542 in an Athens auction, setting a worldwide record for the Greek modernist painter’s work and far exceeding the guide price of €200,000-€300,000.
A 43-year-old police officer died late on Thursday after being hit by a car on Katechaki Avenue in eastern Athens. The police officer was run down while he was responding to a call about an accident near the Attiki Odos exit for the suburb of Ilioupoli at around 10.30 p.m.
New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced that he has Covid-19, in a video posted to his Instagram and TikTok accounts, saying the hugs and kisses of the campaign trail “have a price.”
A Thessaloniki Airport-based policeman who reportedly charged third-county nationals €1,000 to allow them fly out of Greece on fake passports has been arrested and charged with facilitating illegal migration and membership of a criminal organization.
Inspectors from the Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE) have seized a significant amount of contraband oil in an underground facility in eastern Attica. In a statement, the AADE said it had identified 36 illegal oil storage tanks at the Nea Makri facility, containing 63,900 liters of heating oil and 4,500 liters of motor oil.
The United States is proud proudly to support “Greece’s leadership role in redrawing the energy map of southeast Europe, diversifying energy sources with its Balkan neighbors and helping to break Russia’s gas monopoly,” the US Ambassador George Tsunis has said.
The Larissa Court of Appeals filed criminal charges against five executives of the Hellenic Railways’ Organization (OSE) on Friday over the tragic train accident in Tempe, central Greece, in late February that claimed the lives of 57 people.
One in two Greeks intends to skip a summer holiday this year, according to a survey by the Research Institute of Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA) on the new consumption habits of households in Greece, as a result of inflation.
Actress, theatrical producer, and translator Nonika Galinea passed away on Friday, just a few days shy of her 85th birthday.