Greek authorities say one more body has been recovered following a shipwreck earlier this month of an overloaded migrant smuggling boat in the western Aegean Sea, raising the confirmed death toll to 29. A further 27 people remain missing.
Police found about 100 bottles and piles of rocks and construction material at an abandoned building in central Athens Tuesday, raising concern that extremist elements are preparing for trouble during Thursday’s commemoration of a student uprising against the then military regime 49 years ago. Groups of self-defined anarchists and other leftist extremists have often clashed…
Banks in Italy, Portugal, Greece and Cyprus could suffer some of the biggest increases in non-performing loans while France, Ireland and Luxembourg could be among the best performers, the European Central Bank said in a fresh study on Tuesday.
The government has put to public consultation draft legislation that would update the procedures the country’s intelligence service is required to take to wiretap citizens. The draft bill upgrades the use of illegal spyware to a felony from a misdemeanor.
Multinational military exercise NIRIIS-22 concluded on Sunday, having run for nine days south of the Peloponnese and around Crete.
Former leader of Synaspismos (SYN) party Nikos Konstantopoulos has been hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the Sotiria pulmonary hospital in Athens for the last 13 days due to complications caused by Covid-19, a statement from the office of his daughter, former Parliament speaker Zoi Konstantopoulou said on Tuesday.
The National Technical University of Athens, known commonly as the Polytechnic, opened its doors on Tuesday for the annual three-day celebration to commemorate the 49th anniversary of the November 17, 1973 student uprising against Greece’s military dictatorship.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Greece to “mind its place” and “remember the history” during a speech at a news conference at the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, on Wednesday.
From December 1, the new label for the “household basket” products will be on the shelves of supermarkets in order to help consumers make the most out of the measure.
Another innovative project led by the Cyprus Institute is taking shape, with the introduction of the first fruit and vegetables bearing the quality label “Mountain Agriculture Troodos.”