Baseblue, which will have offices in Greece, Argentina, Cyprus, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands, has been formed through an agreement between European companies BMS United Bunkers, Bunkernet, and SBI.
Police on Crete have arrested a 35-year-old man who allegedly opened fire and injured three people near Iraklio, the island’s main city. One of those shot is believed to be a police officer, who has been hospitalized along with the other two injured people.
Although Greece ranks among the most earthquake-prone regions in the world, it is largely uninsured against risks such as earthquakes and floods, but also in general against natural disasters that have intensified due to climate change, such as fires and heatwaves.
Farmers in Fthiotida, central Greece, have rolled out their tractors at the Atalanti junction of the Athens-Lamia highway in support of colleagues who are meeting with government officials at the prime minister’s office in Athens.
Employees on the green Line 1 of the Athens metro have announced a work stoppage from 10 p.m. Wednesday in protest at draft legislation proposed by the Transport Ministry.
Authorities arrested two suspected members of a tobacco smuggling racket and seized thousands of contraband cigarettes in a police operation in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Monday morning.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday announced that a one-off benefit of between 200 and 300 euros will be given to pensioners who did not see increases in their pensions due to the so called “personal difference” – i.e. the difference between pensions issued before and after the May 2016 cutoff date – measure, during a…
The desperate search for earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria entered its final hours Monday as rescuers using sniffer dogs and thermal cameras surveyed pulverized apartment blocks for any sign of life a week after the disaster.
The father of a 12-year-old girl told police his daughter was kidnapped and sexually abused by two people in central Athens on Monday afternoon.
Holiday operator TUI has seen a slowdown in bookings to Turkey since the earthquake but expects this trend to be temporary, CEO Sebastian Ebel said on an earnings call on Tuesday.