A 20-day salary suspension has been imposed by the management of Greece’s farm subsidy agency, OPEKEPE, on Paraskevi Tycheropoulou, a special scientific advisor to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and a key witness in the rural subsidy scandal involving alleged misuse of EU agricultural funds.
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The illegal farm subsidy story is yet another revelation of the chronic dysfunctions of our political system and state.
Authorities closed the Acropolis for several hours Tuesday due to high temperatures as work restrictions remained in effect in other parts of Greece.
A 34-year-old man has been fined €50,000 by authorities in Thessaloniki after found to have deliberately killed a kitten last month.
There exists a striking asymmetry in the study of public opinion concerning German-Greek relations. While we have fairly precise data on how Greeks have viewed Germany over the past 20 years, until very recently, virtually nothing was known about how Germans perceive Greece and the Greek people.
The Thessaloniki Prosecutor’s Office has ordered an urgent preliminary investigation following a news report that alleged radioactive waste was being dumped in a city landfill.
As heatwaves grow more frequent and intense, their unequal impact on city dwellers is raising concern, especially in densely built, low-income neighborhoods.
Two crew members of the Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated bulk carrier Eternity C were killed in a drone and speedboat attack off Yemen on Monday evening, Liberia’s shipping delegation told a meeting of the International Maritime Organization on Tuesday.
A 62-year-old woman who was mistakenly given a blood transfusion intended for another patient in early June has died, the hospital where she was being treated said on Tuesday.