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[File photo] A doctor has appeared before a prosecutor on charges of issuing and selling prescriptions for narcotic pills in Athens’ central Omonia district, police have said. Officers arrested the 51-year-old medical practitioner on Monday evening. According to police, officers observed the man meeting with another individual in the area before approaching him for a …
A large peri-urban forest project in western Thessaloniki is set to open June 6, as work nears completion on a 3,000-stremma green space being developed on former landfill land in Evkarpia in the municipality of Pavlos Melas. So far, 100,000 trees and 220,000 shrubs have been planted at the site, which is being created through …
A man orders a traditional tripe soup known as “patsas” in Greek and “iskembe” in Turkish, at Epirus restaurant in central Athens, April 3, 2026. [Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo] It’s said that a bowl of soup made of bovine bellies and legs can cure ulcers, hangovers and an assortment of other ailments – if you’re courageous …
[File photo] A student opened fire randomly at two classrooms at a middle school in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding 20 others, an official said, in the second such shooting in the country in two days. The student, who was also killed, arrived at the school, armed with guns believed to …
File photo. A public consultation on an Environment Ministry bill drew unusually high participation, closing with approximately 700 comments. The draft legislation, titled, “Modernizing Renewable Energy Production Law,” sparked intense opposition over two key provisions. The first designates “acceleration zones” for renewable energy projects outside Natura protected areas, where standard environmental licensing would not apply. …
Hundreds of farmers blockaded the main port of the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesvos, disrupting ferry services for a second day Wednesday to protest the government’s handling of a deadly livestock disease. Protesters prevented trucks from disembarking from a ferry that had arrived from Piraeus at noon, but allowed passengers to get off. Departures …
File photo. A 26-year-old man wanted in Turkey for alleged murder has been arrested in eastern Attica on an international arrest warrant, police said Wednesday. A police statement said the Turkish national was detained by a police patrol in the seaside town of Rafina Tuesday after an inspection of his identity papers showed he was …
A close aide to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was rushed to hospital after collapsing during a government conference early Wednesday. Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister Giorgos Mylonakis, 52, was reportedly diagnosed with a brain aneurysm and intubated in intensive care. Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said Mylonakis collapsed during the meeting. “We are all …
Greece recorded a budget surplus in the first quarter of 2026, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday, largely through higher than expected tax revenues and lower spending. A ministry statement said the budget presented a €1.49 billion surplus in January-March, compared to a targeted €111 million deficit and a €1.61 billion surplus a year earlier. The …
[Handout/Hellenic Coast Guard] Dozens of migrants have been rescued from a small boat in difficulty south of Crete that had crossed over from north Africa, authorities said Wednesday. A Coast Guard statement said 59 men were found by a patrol vessel from the European Union’s Frontex border agency on the boat, some 17 miles southwest …