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File photo. Five people suffered serious burns late Sunday in an apparent accident while preparing homemade rockets for a traditional Easter celebration on the eastern Aegean island of Chios, authorities said. The injured were taken to the island’s Skylitseio General Hospital, according to state broadcaster ERT. One person was later discharged, while three men and …
[Shutterstock] Traffic restrictions are in place until 11 a.m. Sunday in much of central Athens to allow a foot race in the streets surrounding the Pedion Areos park, police said. In addition to the affected roads and side-streets being closed to motorists, parking bans will be in force there, while the Patission Avenue-bound side of …
Asking prices for rental housing in Attica increased 4.8% in the first quarter of this year compared to last year, while the increase was even greater in Thessaloniki, 12.5%, and in the rest of Greece, where it reached 11.4%. This is a clear example of the persistence of the housing crisis, where the deficit of …
[InTime News] A high school teacher and one of her pupils have been arrested in an Athens park for alleged possession of tiny quantities of marijuana, police said. Both face charges of breaking drugs laws. A weekend police statement said a spot check by officers patrolling a park in the southern Kallithea district found the …
Cypriot Finance Minister Makis Keravnos. The chairman of Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV), Giorgos Pantelides, has expressed concerns for broader and long-term consequences in the Cypriot economy, due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, and noted the federation’s expectations for a proactive plan on behalf of the government. Pantelides spoke to journalists …
Two motorists were arrested in southern Athens over the weekend for allegedly racing each other, hitting speeds of over 150 kilometers an hour and manoeuvring dangerously, authorities said. A police statement said traffic police patrolling the Vouliagmeni area for racers pursued the speeding cars “following all security measures to avert any risk of accident,” and …
Koita scores AEK’s goal with barely five minutes on the clock [InTime Sports]. A fifth-minute goal by Aboubakary Koita, with a clever shot from inside the box, settled the derby at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium and gave AEK a five-point advantage over Olympiakos, as well as PAOK, at the top of the Super League table. …
INTIME Two conservative former ministers have denied, in social media postings Sunday, any involvement in the farm subsidies scandal. Aides to former Rural Development and Food Minister Spilios Livanos and recently resigned Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Giannis A. Kefalogiannis had been recorded by authorities speaking to the then President f farm aid disbursement …
[Shutterstock] The 2nd Health Region of Piraeus and the Aegean has issued an open call to National Health System doctors nationwide, offering a comprehensive incentives package to staff medical facilities across dozens of Aegean islands. Participating physicians will receive an additional monthly allowance of €2,100, full coverage of travel and accommodation expenses, and a daily …
Every Greek government had ample opportunities to uproot the hold of clientelism over the state apparatus and didn’t. Why? Because any party that’s in power or has realistic chances of being in power – meaning that it is a party with mass appeal, uniting different trends – would be committing political suicide by severing ties …