Greek-Australian defensive midfielder Nectarios Triantis has received his first call-up to Greece’s national soccer team, joining Serb coach Ivan Jovanovic’s squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Scotland and Belarus.
Authorities have detained two suspects in connection with a feud-related shooting in the Cretan village of Vorizia, near Iraklio, on November 1, which left two people dead and several others injured.
A total of 28 undocumented migrants have been rescued by two vessels of the EU border agency Frontex south of Gavdos, Greece’s southernmost island, authorities said on Monday.
Greece will introduce a new handicrafts course in primary schools aimed at reviving traditional Greek arts and promoting creative education, the Education Ministry said.
Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras faces three key dilemmas as he prepares a political comeback with plans to launch a new party, following the release of his long-awaited memoir “Ithaki” (Ithaca) on November 24.
The government submitted another major proposal for a revision of the Recovery and Resilience Fund, of around 1.5 billion euros.
Athens didn’t comment on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statement that “we respect the sovereign rights of all friendly countries, especially our neighbors,” hours after the European Commission published its latest annual progress report on Turkey’s EU accession, where it criticized Ankara’s stance toward Greece and Cyprus.
Traffic was briefly blocked on Sunday afternoon on the roadway connecting Halkida, on the island of Evia, to Schimatari in Viotia (part of the old national highway) after a group of about 200 people gathered with their cars to stage illegal street races, local media reported.
The Thessaloniki metro in northern Greece will suspend operations for one month to conduct essential tests ahead of the line’s extension toward Kalamaria.
One in two say they earn so little and are taxed based on the system of presumed income.