File photo. A fake power company employee has talked an 85-year-old woman in northern Greece into handing him €20,000 in cash that she kept at home using a common but highly effective scam, police said Monday. The 38-year-old man has been identified and charged with fraud over the incident last month in a village near …
The production manager of the Violanta biscuit factory, where five workers were killed in a major gas explosion in January, has been granted conditional release from pretrial detention after giving testimony to the investigating magistrate handling the case. The factory manager has meanwhile been given until May 11 to testify. Company executives face criminal charges …
Main opposition leader Nikos Androulakis said his PASOK party will ask parliament to establish an investigative committee into the wiretapping scandal, after a Supreme Court prosecutor ruled out reopening the case despite a court decision calling for further inquiry into possible additional offences and suspects. Speaking at an emergency press conference, Androulakis accused the leadership …
[Handout/Culture Ministry] A gate and adjoining section of the ancient walls of Piraeus will be conserved to address damage from rainwater erosion while the archaeological site that contains them will be expanded, the Culture Ministry said Monday. A ministry statement said an extra 7,000 square meters will be added to the 20,000-square-meter site of the …
[Handout/Hellenic Police] Police motorcyclists have arrested a man on the western outskirts of Athens for playing music full blast from an enhanced sound system installed in his car, authorities said Monday. The 25-year-old suspect was taken into custody around midday Sunday in the capital’s Aharnes suburb, also known as Menidi. A police statement said the …
Turkey has unveiled details of a broad package of incentives aimed to boost competitiveness and attract investment, and also position its biggest city Istanbul as a leading financial gateway across the region. At a press conference Monday, Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said Turkey was extending a tax exemption on services exports to 100% to target …
The European Investment Bank (EIB), with support from the InvestEU Advisory Hub, will work with the Consignment Deposits and Loans Fund (CDLF) to strengthen sustainable urban development across Greece, the country’s National Economy and Finance Ministry said Monday following the signing of an agreement in Athens. The initiative aims to help municipalities address investment needs …
European Union policies on the green transition and responses to the energy crisis were discussed Monday during a meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and European Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera at the Maximos Mansion. Mitsotakis emphasized the need for a realistic approach to the green transition to safeguard Europe’s economic competitiveness and social cohesion, …
Over the past weeks those watching the Eastern Mediterranean can’t help but notice that tensions are heating up between Turkey and Israel as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s escalatory posture has some wondering what the wider risks are should this current war of words take on new dimensions. Questions range from what this will mean for …
Laura Kovesi, chief prosecutor at the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, speaks at the 11th Delphi Economic Forum in Delphi, on Thursday. [Charis Akriviadis/EPA] Continued attacks against Europe’s top public prosecutor, Laura Kovesi, from Greek politicians, sometimes regarding her origin and cultural background, other times about her alleged hidden agenda and mental state (she has obsessions, …