Turkish fighter jets conducted a barrage of overflights above Aegean islands including Kastellorizo on Monday as the fifth session of the Greek-Turkish Joint Economic Committee (JEC) was being conducted in Athens under Deputy Foreign Minister Kostas Frangogiannis and Turkish Deputy Minister of Trade Mustafa Tuzcu.
All nurseries, kindergartens and schools across Attica and regions affected by the severe snowstorm that has swept through parts of Greece will remain closed for a second day on Wednesday, as the region struggles to cope with its aftermath, the Education Ministry said Tuesday.
Farmers markets in Attica, where Athens is located, will remain closed on Wednesday as the region struggles to cope with a snowstorm that has blanketed the country since Monday morning and cut power in many districts.
The head of the First Instance Prosecutor’s Office in Thessaloniki, Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos, has ordered an investigation to establish the veracity of evidence submitted by criminal lawyer Nikos Dialynas supporting the existence of a sex trafficking ring after a woman came forward with information.
Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation Costas Karamanlis spoke with executives from rail operator Trainose, a subsidiary of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Group-FSI, on Tuesday and asked that passengers of Monday’s Athens-Thessaloniki line should be compensated for the difficulties they experienced following an accident in Fthiotis and the heavy snowfall caused by the ‘Elpis’ weather…
The death of a baby boy in a hospital in northern Greece last weekend was not caused by Covid-19 but by an underlying health condition, a coroner has ruled.
Three seriously ill patients have been given a new lease on life after the family of a 25-year-old traffic accident victim decided to donate her organs.
Arguably one of the most iconic public monuments representing Athens’ modern history, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier turns 90 this year.
A Comoros Island-flagged cargo ship that ran aground on the northwestern coast of Crete on Tuesday morning has reportedly broken in half as it was battered by waves.
Public services, schools, offices and most businesses will remain closed for a second day on Wednesday as the state apparatus scrambles to get a grip on the havoc caused by snowstorm Elpis.