Unusual cloud formations known as virga were visible in the skies over Attica on Friday, a striking meteorological phenomenon in which rain evaporates before reaching the ground, according to Meteo, the weather service of the National Observatory of Athens.
Violent attacks on staff at Greek state hospitals and health centers are on the rise, the country’s largest medical association charged Friday, urging the government to permanently station police guards at major hospitals.
Police in Central Greece have launched an investigation following the discovery of a man’s body at the thermal springs of Thermopylae.
A cold weather front blowing south from Ukraine is set to hit Greece from the weekend, bringing a strong dip in temperatures, high winds and snow in highland areas, forecasts warned Friday.
“Hellas Melbourne” won last month the title at the second tier of Australian soccer, the newly launched Australian Championship, just below the A-League.
MeRA25 leader and former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has confirmed that he has been summoned to police headquarters in Athens for questioning over remarks about past drug use made during a recent podcast appearance.
Rice growers in northern Greece had braced for a tough 2026 season as competition from non-EU exporters heated up but many of them now worry that a controversial free trade deal between the European Union and South America’s biggest Mercosur economies might put them out of business for good.
Seven defendants in the Greek agricultural subsidy fraud case received reduced sentences on Thursday after returning €165,000 and admitting guilt through plea bargaining agreements.
The number of seats scheduled by airlines for Greece increased by 10% for the first quarter.
Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Friday that President Tayyip Erdogan may make a trip to the Gulf in February and that Turkey aimed to sign there a deal on an international 2,000 MW solar project. Bayraktar was speaking in an interview with Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber. [Reuters]