Funding problems affect metro line extensions
The expansion of Greece’s metro networks in Athens and Thessaloniki appears to be facing delays, as funding constraints slow the development of new extensions, according to officials.
The expansion of Greece’s metro networks in Athens and Thessaloniki appears to be facing delays, as funding constraints slow the development of new extensions, according to officials.
The police’s organized crime division is wrapping up its investigations into three groups of people that have illegally obtained farm subsidies and is about to make arrests, Kathimerini understands.
It has emerged that Turkey secured the procurement of 10 GE F110 engines from US-based GE Aerospace, the successor to General Electric. The engines are a critical component of Turkey’s first indigenous fighter jet, KAAN, which is being developed by state-owned Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).
A 36-year-old man was arrested on the southern Greek island of Crete after accidentally shooting and injuring his older brother with a shotgun, police said Saturday.
After a month of protests, farmers appear unwilling to budge and could be ready to escalate their action. On Sunday, protesting farmers from across the country will hold their third meeting at Malgara, a highway interchange near the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest.
A man has died in a house fire in the eastern Attica town of Rafina. A detachment of 15 firefighters and volunteers attended the scene and later recovered his body from the house.
Police in the northern Athens suburb of Kifissia have arrested a 51-year-old driver who was found to be nearly seven times over the legal alcohol limit after crashing into a tree and several parked vehicles.
A fire that broke out shortly before midnight in a temporary accommodation apartment on the third floor of a building on Marni Street in central Athens was brought under partial control by firefighters.
Greece’s unemployment rate fell to 8.2% in November 2025, compared to the upwardly revised 9.7% in November 2024 and 8.6% in October 2025.
Insurance companies may unilaterally raise premiums in insurance and health contracts during the entirety of the contract’s duration if a special clause is included in contracts, the Council of State (CoS) ruled in a decision published on Tuesday.