Syriza to discipline MP Polakis, sideline him from election battle
Syriza MP and former minister Pavlos Polakis will face a disciplinary commission over a series of explosive remarks posted on social media
Syriza MP and former minister Pavlos Polakis will face a disciplinary commission over a series of explosive remarks posted on social media
Motor Oil dominated proceedings upon the resumption of trading at Athinon Avenue on Tuesday after the long weekend.
Nikos Christodoulides, the new president of the Republic of Cyprus, has appointed Makis Keravnos as the island’s new finance minister.
A mild magnitude 4 earthquake shook the region of Lakonia in southern Greece on Tuesday afternoon.
Police have launched an investigation after a woman’s body was found in a steep and rocky coastal spot in near the eastern Attica town of Mati. Eight firefighters were involved in the recovery of the body.
Transport workers on Line 1 (Green) of Athens metro will not work from the start of shift until 2 p.m. on Wednesday while workers on metro Lines 2 (Red) and 3 (Blie) have said they will walk off the job at 6 p.m. until the end of shift.
Flights between Athens and the Libyan city of Benghazi will launch on Thursday, the Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. The Athens-Benghazi-Athens flights will be carried out by air carriers Air Mediterranean and Marathon Airlines.
Greece welcomes Monday’s agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom on Northern Ireland, Alternate Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis has said. “After a long round of negotiations between the two sides, logic and realism prevailed,” he underlined.
Police have said they booked 13,683 traffic violations during a total of 59,832 checks carried out over the Clean Monday long weekend. Almost three in ten (28.8%) of the violations were for speeding (3,283 cases) and driving under the influence of alcohol (652 cases).
Another suspect in the case of the pimping and rape of a 12-year-old girl in Athens has been remanded pre-trial detention after testifying before an investigating magistrate.