Crete man accused of robbing churches by trickery
A 53-year-old man has been arrested on the southern Aegean island of Crete for allegedly robbing churches by impersonating a priest or a police officer to gain entry.
A 53-year-old man has been arrested on the southern Aegean island of Crete for allegedly robbing churches by impersonating a priest or a police officer to gain entry.
Turkish port authorities have begun informally requiring shipping agents for letters declaring that vessels are not linked to Israel and are not carrying military or hazardous cargo bound for the country, according to two shipping sources.
Greece plans to tighten rules governing nongovernmental organizations active in migration by removing groups from the official NGO Registry if they fail to meet new requirements, Migration and Asylum Minister Thanos Plevris is expected to announce, according to information obtained by Kathimerini.
Underscoring the challenge at Greek airports of effectively managing increased traffic during the peak summer season and staff shortages, budget airline Ryanair issued a complaint saying that more than 2,000 of its passengers suffered delays on Wednesday alone.
For Aktor construction firm Chairman and CEO Alexandros Exarchou, Romania is a pivotal market to its growth strategy.
HALC Executive Director and host Endy D. Zemenides is joined by Patrick Theros, former US Ambassador to Qatar, member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and former Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism, to analyze the freezing of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem’s bank accounts.
Regional developments, with a focus on Gaza, were at the center of a call on Wednesday between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the government said.
Thirty-eight primary schools in the Epirus region in northwestern Greece will not be opening for the 2025-26 academic year due to a shortage of students, state broadcaster ERT reported on Thursday.
Greece’s stricter migration policies are showing results, government officials say, citing a sharp decline in arrivals over the past six weeks.
Konstantinos and his wife, both private sector employees, looked at the cost of a one-week holiday on an Aegean island (Tinos, in their case) and one week in Prague or Copenhagen.