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Greece considers procurement of C-130s after recent incidents

Greece is considering to procure for six new C-130 aircraft after two embarrassing incidents in succession recently. The new aircraft to be procured are reportedly C-130J are reportedly the latest version of the American transport aircraft. Greece’s image received a blow last Wednesday when a C-130 plane carrying humanitarian aid …

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December traffic accidents in Attica: 13 dead, 603 injured

A total of 13 people died and another 603 were injured in 511 traffic accidents in December in the Attica, Attica Region traffic police headquarters said on Tuesday. Of the 603 injured, 13 were severely injured and 590 lightly so. According to the traffic police, the main causes of accidents …

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Diaspora Greeks show little interest for elections, force gov’t to change law

Lack of interest on the part of diaspora Greeks to participate in the upcoming elections is forcing the Mitsotakis government to changes in the electoral law regardign the election of expatriates on the so-called “state ballots.” However, for this the government will need an agreement with the political parties of …

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Greece freezes Kaili’s plot on Paros on suspicion of money laundering

Greece’s Authority against money laundering ordered on Thursday the freezing of a 0.7-acres plot of land owned by arrested MEP Eva Kaili and her husband Francesco Giorgi on the island of Paros. In addition, authorities reportedly froze also a joint bank account held by Kaili and Giorgi, through which they …

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Roma shooting: Police officer under temporary house arrest

The 34-year-old police officer will be temporarily placed under house arrest for the shooting of the 16-year-old Roma boy. This was decided after the justice investigator and the prosecutor disagreed on the pre-trial detention of the accused officer. The officer will be placed under house arrest, until the final decision …

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Rock slide still disrupts Athens-Corinth highway; prosecutor intervenes

Τhe rock slide on the new Athens-Corinth highway on early Thursday triggered the intervention of the head of the Athens First Instance Prosecutor’s Office. The rock slide occurred in the Athens direction of the highway, traffic was halted with drivers and passengers to remain trapped in the vehicles for hours. …

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PM Mitsotakis urges public to get vaccinated against the flu

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on the public to get vaccinated against influenza, especially if there are people over 60 in their families, on Tuesday. In a video posted in a tweet, Mitstoakis said, “Despite the fact I am not over 60, there is a highly vulnerable relative in my …

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Thousands Greeks protest rising prices (vds, picts)

Teargas, sound flares and molotov cocktail bombs dissolved the big protest rally organized by public and private sector unions against the rising prices and the cost of living. The protest rally marked the general strike on November 9 organized by unions of the public and private sector. Outside the Greek …

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Bogus “miracles”: Archbishop gives fraudulent priest a deadline

Bogus “miracles” Archbishop of Athens Ieronymos gave a deadline of five days to the fraudulent priest of Agioi Isodoroi and a community of some people to abandon the chapel on Lycabettus Hill in downtown Athens and to move to a monastery. The head of the Greek Church is furious about …

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Greek utility DEPA clinches winter LNG deal with TotalEnergies

Greece’s biggest gas utility, DEPA Commercial, has clinched a deal with TotalEnergies for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) over the winter months if needed, the Greek energy ministry said on Thursday. The deal stipulates that TotalEnergies will supply Greece with two LNG cargoes a month for five months …

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Mitsotakis: History has taught that whoever violates the borders is finally punished

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday sent Turkey a strong message highlighting Greece’s determination from the Skaramangas shipyards, where he attended the naming ceremony of the newly built Rapid Guided Missile Patrol Vessel “VLAHAKOS”. Addressing Turkey without naming it, the prime minister pointed out that “history has taught that whoever …

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Greece rejects Turkish demarche over armored vehicles on islands

Greece has ejected a Turkish demarche earlier on Monday alleging that it was violating international law through the presence of armored military vehicles at border islands, Greek diplomatic sources said. The demarche was presented to Greece’s Ambassador in Ankara Christodoulos Lazaris on Monday, on the premise that the presence of …

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