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A fast-moving boat carrying Afghan migrants capsized in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday while attempting to evade the Turkish coast guard in rough waters, leaving 19 dead – including a baby, officials said. The Turkish Coast Guard Command said the boat carrying dozens of migrants ignored repeated warnings to stop and attempted to flee at …
Maria Karystianou, former head of the association of relatives of the victims of the 2023 Tempe railway disaster, announced on Wednesday the founding of a political movement. She did not reveal a name for the party expected to emerge from the movement. However, referencing a website titled “Starting for Hope – Independent Citizens’ Movement, Karystianou …
The upgrading of the Greek bourse to the category of developed markets by Morgan Stanley starting in May 2027, with the upcoming MSCI index rebalancing, gave a massive boost to Greek stocks on Wednesday, with the benchmark covering a significant part its recent losses in the last couple of days. The postponement of the upgrading …
[InTime News] Traffic along Pireos Street, a key route linking central Athens with Piraeus, was disrupted on Wednesday night after a large tree collapsed over the roadway. No injuries have been reported. Traffic police closed the affected stretch from the intersection with Petrou Ralli Street toward Piraeus, diverting vehicles as crews worked to clear the …
Greece’s secret intelligence service on Wednesday posted on its website scores of declassified documents from the 1950s on Communist activities and on neighboring countries, with a view to gradually opening up more of its archives. The 123 documents can be viewed on the National Intelligence Service website and comprise about 2,000 scanned pages dating from …
File photo. Authorities have broken a criminal organization that specialised in burgling shops selling alcoholic drinks in the Greater Athens region, stealing merchandise worth more than €25,000 in total, police said Wednesday. A police statement said the gang concentrated on breaking into shops that were closed for the day, but on occasion targeted stock in …
Two men who posted on social media incriminating videos of themselves doing illegal motorbike stunts have been identified and face prosecution for reckless driving and incitement to crime, authorities said Wednesday. A police statement said the men, aged 29 and 23, had uploaded footage of themselves doing wheelies – causing their bike to rise on …
The main opposition Socialist PASOK party on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to dismiss any members of his conservative government might be among the lawmakers facing potential charges over a major farm subsidy scandal. PASOK’s comments followed a request by the European Chief Prosecutor for Greece to lift the immunity of 11 lawmakers to …
A dense wave of African dust has swept across Crete, particularly affecting the wider Iraklio area, significantly reducing visibility and disrupting air traffic. Three inbound international flights scheduled to land at Iraklio’s Nikos Kazantzakis Airport on Wednesday were diverted to alternative destinations, touching down at the airports of Hania, Athens and Corfu. One of the …
Ancient Asine. [Handout/Culture Ministry] A Swedish-Greek underwater survey off a Mycenaean acropolis in the Peloponnese made famous by Nobel Prize-winning poet George Seferis is producing new insights on harbour-building techniques following rising sea levels in late antiquity. A Culture Ministry statement Wednesday said last year’s research at Asine, near Tolo in the Argolid, concentrated on …