Athlete among suspects held over young woman’s death in Kefalonia

Athlete among suspects held over young woman’s death in Kefalonia

[InTime News] A youth weightlifting champion is among three men arrested in connection with the death of a 19-year-old on the island of Kefalonia, authorities said. The suspects – a 26-year-old local, a 22-year-old Albanian national, and a 23-year-old – allegedly used drugs with the young woman in a rented hotel room before she lost …

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ExxonMobil, Energean and Helleniq to sign drilling deal

ExxonMobil, Energean and Helleniq to sign drilling deal

[File photo] US oil behemoth ExxonMobil, Energean and Greece’s biggest oil ⁠refiner Helleniq Energy will sign a contract on Wednesday with ‌Stena Drilling to start exploratory drilling in a western Greek offshore block, Greece’s Energy Ministry said on Tuesday. Last year, ExxonMobil, Energean and Helleniq Energy announced an agreement to explore for natural gas in …

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ATHEX: Strong start after Easter holidays

ATHEX: Strong start after Easter holidays

The Greek stock market returned on Tuesday to levels it had climbed to last Wednesday, before Thursday’s decline, with genuine hope that talks between US and Iran will resume later in the week. The drop in oil rates has also helped improve the morale of investors at Athinon Avenue, after the Easter holidays. There was …

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Ministry rejects BBC allegations on foreign border mercenaries

Ministry rejects BBC allegations on foreign border mercenaries

Police border guards patrol along a border wall near the town of Feres, along the Evros River which forms the the frontier between Greece and Turkey. [Petros Giannakouris/AP] The Ministry of Citizen Protection has rejected a BBC report claiming that police in Greece have been recruiting migrants to violently push other migrants back across its …

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Two Greeks remanded after flag incident inside Hagia Sophia

Two Greeks remanded after flag incident inside Hagia Sophia

[EPA] Two Greek tourists – a man and a woman – have been arrested in Istanbul after allegedly unfurling a Greek flag inside Hagia Sophia and recording the act on video, according to Turkish media reports. The plain cross Greek flag bore a double-headed Byzantine eagle and the inscription “Orthodoxy or death,” Turkish outlets said. …

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Pierrakakis warns of prolonged global energy shock amid Strait of Hormuz tensions

Pierrakakis warns of prolonged global energy shock amid Strait of Hormuz tensions

Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis arrives for a meeting of eurozone finance ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, March 9, 2026. [Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP Photo] Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has delivered a stark warning about the scale of the ongoing energy disruption triggered by the war in Iran, describing it as potentially the …

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Greek national on trial in UK for arms deals with Libya and South Sudan

Greek national on trial in UK for arms deals with Libya and South Sudan

In this photo taken November 15, 2016, students line up outside a classroom with a map of Africa on its wall, in Yei, in southern South Sudan. [Justin Lynch/AP Photo] Two arms brokers, one of whom is Greek, arranged illegal deals to supply ex-Soviet surface-to-air missile systems to South Sudan and fighter jets to Libya …

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One in 15 bikers fined for not wearing a helmet

One in 15 bikers fined for not wearing a helmet

About one in 15 motorcyclists stopped during Easter week traffic police checks was fined for not wearing a crash helmet, authorities said Tuesday amid continued implementation of an unprecedented road safety drive. Police said more than 15,300 motorcycles and e-scooters were stopped and 1,070 people were fined – 996 drivers and 76 passengers. Out of …

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Dust in the wind, mud on the washing

Dust in the wind, mud on the washing

[Petros Giannakouris/AP] Southerly winds carrying desert dust across the Mediterranean from Africa contributed to murky, yellowish-orange skies across much of southern Greece Tuesday. Conditions are forecast to deteriorate further Wednesday, particularly on Crete, the southeastern Dodecanese islands and in western Greece.  For Friday the forecast also involves rain in several parts of southern Greece which, …

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More than 150 migrants reach Crete in a day in small boats from Libya

More than 150 migrants reach Crete in a day in small boats from Libya

[Handout/Hellenic Coast Guard] A total of more than 150 migrants have been rescued in a day in waters off southern Crete or having just reached there after completing the long and dangerous Mediterranean Sea passage from northern Africa, authorities said Tuesday. The Coast Guard said the migrants crossed separately in three small boats Monday, one …

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