Greek police have dismantled a criminal organisation whose members allegedly posed as accountants to defraud elderly people in Nea Smyrni and Palaio Faliro. Police officers from the Nea Smyrni Department for the Prosecution and Investigation of Crimes arrested two men, aged 41 and 44, on August 21 in Acharnes and Ano Liosia. The two men …
A 17-year-old girl was killed and three other young people were injured when a car crashed into a utility pole in western Athens early Tuesday. Source link
Greek swimmer Anna Ntountounaki celebrated her second gold medal at the Taranto 2026 Mediterranean Games, saying she feels proud and fulfilled after changing the way she approaches competition and life outside the pool. Speaking after another successful race in Italy, Ntountounaki said she knew she would feel tired but wanted to give her best. “I’m …
K-Pop Fever, a London-based K-pop tribute show, is bringing a high-energy production to Athens at Technopolis (100 Pireos). Source link
The Hellenic Olympic Committee is accelerating upgrade works at two of Greece’s most iconic sports venues, the Panathenaic Stadium and the Athens Olympic Swimming Pool, as it seeks to modernise their infrastructure while preserving and highlighting their sporting heritage. Work at the Panathenaic Stadium, also known as the Kallimarmaro, is progressing according to schedule, with …
Traders believe that the energy and other geopolitical crises will oblige the European Central Bank to raise its deposit facility rate to 3% by September 2027. The ECB is very likely to raise the rate, currently at 2.25%, to 2.5% in September. Source link
The Municipality of Sintiki is calling for the immediate closure of the Special Detention Facility in Kleidi, Serres, a closed detention centre that houses migrants and asylum seekers, including people whose immigration or asylum cases remain under examination and others facing removal from Greece. The municipality is demanding that authorities shut down the facility without …
Italy is set to introduce fines for pedestrians who use their mobile phones while crossing the street under a revised Traffic Code aimed at improving road safety. Source link
The Greek delegation continues its campaign at the Taranto 2026 Mediterranean Games on Tuesday, August 25, with athletes competing across nine sports. The programme features qualification rounds, knockout matches and finals, with several Greek athletes looking to add to the country’s medal tally. Swimming Swimming provides the busiest programme of the day, with Greek athletes …
Search efforts continued Monday night for Juan Jose Mutilba Obregon, a 66-year-old Spanish IT businessman missing since Tuesday after falling off his sailboat while traveling from Sicily to Greece with his wife. Source link