A dilapidated fishing boat crammed with hundreds of migrants that lost its steering and had been drifting in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Greek island of Crete has been successfully towed to port, Greek authorities said Tuesday.
Italian multinational ΕΝΕL group plans to speed up its investment plan in Greece, leaving the door open to a possible expansion of its activities to other sectors by 2025, it said on Tuesday.
Egypt will provide 5,000 seasonal workers to help meet the growing needs of Greece’s agricultural sector under a pilot scheme agreed by the two countries on Tuesday.
Police in Athens detained over 50 people during a large-scale police operation launched on Tuesday morning in a run-down housing estate on Alexandras Avenue that is mostly in the hands of squatters.
A woman who suffered debilitating internal injuries, massive scarring to her face and body and emotional trauma in an acid attack in May 2020 has launched a foundation to support people with burns.
Greece and Egypt signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation in the Fields of Aeronautics and Maritime Search & Rescue in Cairo on Tuesday.
Journalist Kostas Vaxevanis, who published a series of lists with people who were allegedly wiretapped, testified for several hours before the two prosecutors handling the case on Tuesday.
Greek health authorities announced on Tuesday a total of 53,800 confirmed cases of Covid-19 for the period between November 14th and November 20th, of which 27% were reinfections. The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also announced 147 virus-related deaths and 89 intubations.
The Appeals Prosecutor responsible for declarations of wealth, or “pothen esches” in Greek, submitted a motion on Tuesday for Parliament to retract the immunity of MP Andreas Patsis to allow him to face criminal charges over his financial statements.