Two engineers sentenced last July to 13 years in prison each for their role in a €32 million overpricing case involving the construction of five twin tunnels on the Egnatia Odos highway in the Grevena region have been released from prison following a court decision.
Three additional suspects have been remanded in custody in connection with an alleged criminal organization accused of drug trafficking in Athens and the illegal transport of migrants, authorities said on Wednesday.
A new magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Cyprus at around 4:20 p.m. on Wednesday.
The publisher of former prime minister and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras’ forthcoming memoir “Ithaki” (Ithaca) has announced it will take legal action to stop the unauthorized circulation of excerpts from the book, which it says were obtained illegally.
Greece’s Parliament launched, on Wednesday, a new microphone cut-off system to prevent MPs from exceeding their allotted speaking time during sessions. The system automatically silences microphones once time runs out.
A 45-year-old man suspected of robbing a young couple and shooting at their car with his hunting rifle in a remote location in Veria has been remanded in custody after testifying before an investigating magistrate on charges of attempted murder, robbery and illegal possession of a weapon.
A 22-year-old man is in intensive care at an Athens hospital after choking while trying to gulp down an entire burger during a bet with friends in Koropi, southeast of the city.
A 40-year-old woman has received a three-year suspended sentence from a Thessaloniki court after being found guilty of systematically abusing her infant, leading to permanent disability. The abuse began about a month after the child’s birth in April 2019.
The budget of the pilot system amounts to 30,000 euros plus VAT.
Three migrants drowned when their boat overturned off Greece’s southernmost island of Gavdos on Tuesday and the coast guard was still searching on Wednesday for people reported missing.