Greece’s top administrative court has annulled a joint ministerial decision characterizing Turkey as a “safe country” for refugee applicants from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Somalia. In a majority decision, the Council of State said that there was no sufficient documentation and justification for the designation of Turkey as a safe country in the reasoning …
The head of a griffin, that was repatriated from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, is displayed at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia in Ancient Olympia, Friday. [Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo] New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, the …
Athens’ water supply faces significant challenges, with frequent leaks, broken pipes, and infrastructure damage exacerbating the daily operations of the water utility, EYDAP. “On a daily basis, we deal with trucks that mount curbs, fiber-optic crews cutting pipes, and asphalt repairs that bury vital valves,” said Giorgos Karagiannis, general director of water supply at EYDAP. …
[InTime News] Tax evasion not only diverts public revenues but also represents missed opportunities for Greece, newly appointed Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis said on Friday. “Tax evasion undermines social justice and deprives education, healthcare, and infrastructure of valuable resources,” Pierrakakis said. Emerging from his first meeting with Giorgos Pitsilis, director of the Independent Authority for …
Emergency responders operate outside a night club, following a fire resulting in casualties, in the town of Kocani, North Macedonia, March 16, 2025. [Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters] Thirteen people including a former government minister have been remanded in custody for 30 days in North Macedonia over a nightclub blaze, believed to have been caused by pyrotechnics, that …
File photo. A construction worker has been hospitalized with serious injuries following a workplace accident at the Ellinikon site in Athens. According to national broadcaster ERT, the 55-year-old worker fell into a 10-meter-deep elevator shaft at around 11 a.m. The man’s colleagues, with the help of police and ambulance crew, removed the man from the …
All flights between Athens International Airport and Heathrow on Friday have been cancelled after a huge fire at a substation near the London airport knocked out its power, stranding passengers around the world and angering airlines who questioned how such crucial infrastructure could fail. In a statement, carrier Aegean Airlines said all affected passengers would …
PYLOS – The stunning first-round election of Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry as the next International Olympic Committee president made her the first female and first African to lead the IOC but more importantly ensured continuity once Thomas Bach departs in June. Coventry, a multiple swimming Olympic champion and her country’s sports minister, was long seen as …
Greece’s former leftist prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has strongly criticized the conservative government’s foreign policy, urging an immediate shift in strategy to protect the country’s sovereign rights and restore its position as a pillar of peace and stability in the region. In a comprehensive article published on the Alexis Tsipras Institute website on Friday, the …
Highly trained doctors (left to right) Filia Dimitriadi, Konstantinos Siafakas and Maria Karantza returned to Greece but face bureaucratic rejection. [Nikos Kokkalias] Four highly trained pediatric specialists who returned to Greece after prestigious medical careers in the US say they now regret their decision. Despite meeting all legal and professional requirements, the Greek Ministry of …