Woman injured after being hit by city bus in Athens
A 67-year-old woman was taken to Gennimatas General Hospital with minor injuries after being run over by an OASA city bus on Wednesday morning.
A 67-year-old woman was taken to Gennimatas General Hospital with minor injuries after being run over by an OASA city bus on Wednesday morning.
Greece is monitoring new developments following the US operation in Venezuela and the arrest of Nicolas Maduro, coordinating its response with the European Union as international divisions deepen.
“Malicious software can be equally or even more destructive than traditional shells and weapons,” says Thanos Dokos, secretary-general for national security and national security adviser to the prime minister, explaining to Kathimerini the scope and complexity of new hybrid threats that add to Greece’s ongoing security challenges.
Left-wing opposition party SYRIZA has removed MEP Nikolas Farantouris from its group in the European Parliament.
Greece is experiencing an exceptionally intense flu season, with hospitalizations more than doubling during the final week of 2025.
Greece on Wednesday presented a detailed package of measures aimed at breaking a month-long deadlock with farmers protesting delayed EU subsidy payments, rising production costs and other grievances.
Cyprus assumed the European Union’s rotating presidency on Wednesday, starting its term with a meeting attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday welcomed a proposal by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offering EU farmers early access to €45 billion from the 2028-2034 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget if the Mercosur trade agreement is ratified, in a last-ditch effort to secure support for the deal.
A 25-year-old immigrant has been hospitalized in the intensive care unit at Didymoteicho General Hospital in northeastern Greece since Tuesday after being found in the Nea Vyssa area of Evros with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Authorities say the circumstances surrounding the shooting remain unclear.
Brave divers plunge into the chilly waters to retrieve the blessed cross cast into the sea on Epiphany Day on Tuesday in Perama, near Piraeus.