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A 47-year-old Greek man was arrested early Tuesday morning after he was caught on video stabbing a dog next to a garbage bin on Kerkyra Street in Kypseli district of Athens. He is being currently further investigated whether he is also responsible for the beheading and poisoning of at least …

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The Return of the Parthenon Marbles is again high on the agenda of the media and the public as Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is in London for an official visit and a meeting with his counterpart Keir Starmer. Poll in UK In a poll conducted by the YouGov company …

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The tunnel of the Railway Network OSE in Tempi, central Greece, was flooded on Sunday when rainwater swept debris inside. Train traffic connecting Athens to Central and Northern Greece was disrupted and some trains had to stop even in the middle of the route or just before the tunnel, as …

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Storm weather BORA will continue to affect parts of eastern and southern Greece also on Tuesday, December 3, and the National Meteorological Service EMY issued on Monday an update of its Emergency Bulletin of Hazardous Weather Phenomena. According to EMY Update, BORA will remain in effect as rainfalls and storms …

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A 46-year-old man stabbed his 60-year-old wife to death and injured also the victim’s son in their family home Angelochori by Thessaloniki on Sunday morning. The murder followed an argument between husband and wife. It is the 14th case of femicide in Greece in 2024. The perpetrator, an Albanian national, …

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A man died in Halkidiki as the storm weather BORA has been hitting also northern Greece since Sunday. The man fell into a deep ditch with his truck and was found 8 hours later, early Monday morning. He most likely died of hypothermia. The 57-year-old man is the third victim …

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The “green” electricity tariffs for December 2024 range from 15.5 cents per kilowatt-hour to over 20 cents, according to the Regulatory Authority’s website where the new prices were posted on Monday. The tariffs are higher than in November due to the rise in prices on the Energy Exchange. Within the …

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Storm weather BORA hit the island of Rhodes with heavy rainfalls wreaking havoc and despair. Homes and businesses have been flooded, large areas turned into mud fields and and people were trapped in their cars and their homes. Authorities imposed a 24-hour traffic ban until all the roads have checked, …

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Two men died on the island of Lemnos in northern Aegean Sea and residents in several regions including Attica and Rhodes received warning messages of intense weather phenomena and flood as storm weather BORA is sweeping across the country. Lemnos A 57-year-old farmer was found dead by firefighters in the …

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With kettledrums and trumpets, the Metro of Thessaloniki began running on the tracks, 40 years after the original idea was captured, decades of delays and cost overruns. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis pressed the button for the start during a festive inauguration at “Venizelos” station early Saturday afternoon, on the “historical …

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Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a RED ALERT weather warning of the barometric low called BORA being formed in the Ionian Sea and slowly moving eastward. ⚠️EKTAKTO ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΕΠΙΚΙΝΔΥΝΩΝ ΚΑΙΡΙΚΩΝ ΦΑΙΝΟΜΕΝΩΝ Βαρομετρικό χαμηλό στο Ιόνιο κινούμενο αργά ανατολικά θα προκαλέσει κακοκαιρία στη χώρα μας. Το σύστημα αυτό λαμβάνει την …

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One 16-year-old boy died, two of his sisters are intubated in ICU, while a third sister and his mother are hospitalized in a normal ward after what it seems a gas leakage in their home in village Magiko byi the city of Xanthi in north-eastern Greece. The tragedy took place …

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The Christmas Tree in Greek capital Athens was lit in Syntagma Square early Thursday evening in the presence of hundreds of Athenians and visitors, Mayor Haris Doukas and a music program. The 20-meter fir came from Taxiarhis, Halkikidi in northern Greece and is adorned with 20,000 LED lights and decoration …

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Deputy Minister of Transport, Nikos Tachiaos, filed a lawsuit for sabotage threats in the Metro of  Thessaloniki  during its inauguration scheduled on Saturday, November 30. Fans of a local football team have expressed threatening mobilizations on the day of the Metro inauguration. Nikos Tachiaos filed the lawsuit on Thursday morning, …

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Greek capital Athens was named “World’s Leading Cultural City Destination” during the Grand Final Gala Ceremony of the World Travel Awards (WTA) 2024 which took place in Madeira, Portugal on Nov. 24. Athens was awarded for its rich cultural heritage and the unique experiences it offers millions of travelers who …

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The government unveiled on Thursday a new plan to install 1,388 advanced traffic cameras nationwide to improve road safety and enforce traffic laws more effectively. The initiative seeks to reduce the number of accidents, particularly in urban areas where traffic fatalities have risen despite improvements in highway safety. The traffic, …

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MP Yiannis Sarakiotis, elected with SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance in Fthiotida, sent a letter to the Parliament speaker on Thursday announcing that he leaves the party’s parliamentary group and goes independent. SYRIZA reportedly urged him to return his seat to the party. Sarakiotis did not vote for the new SYRIZA leader on …

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Another tragedy in the Aegean Sea, again off the island of Samos: a speedboat carrying migrants crashed on a rocky beach leaving behind four dead, with the  victims being again women and children. 16 persons have been rescued, while the total number of people onboard is not known. State broadcaster …

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“With Alexis Tsipras, Greece was now saved,” German chancellor at the peak of the Greek economic crisis, Angela Merkel, notes in her memoirs book, entitled “Freedom.” Talking about the “Greek crisis” in 35 pages, Angela Merkel recalls the events 2010-2018, the negotiations, the referendum and the exit from bankruptcy as …

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A series of incidents regarding patients in Greece’s public hospitals as well as the promotion of a doctor convinced for manslaughter of three patients have raised serious concerns about the safety of hospitals in the country. Reports of a patient’s death and a year-long delay in communicating a cancer diagnosis …

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