File photo. [InTime News] Environment and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou had a meeting on Tuesday with the Secretary General of the East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF), Osama Mobarez, discussing international developments and the next steps to further enhance energy security and stability in the Eastern Mediterranean. According to Papastavrou, the EMGF is a framework for …
File photo. A 48-year-old novice monk from Serbia is being treated in intensive care after jumping from a moving ambulance in northern Greece, police said. The incident occurred on Tuesday while the man was being transported from Ouranoupoli to Polygyros. Authorities said the monk had earlier reported feeling unwell, with symptoms suggesting a possible heart …
A bus carrying pre-school children to a kindergarten in southern Athens flipped onto its side following a traffic accident Wednesday but no injuries were reported, state ERT television reported. The accident occurred when another vehicle collided with the bus at a crossroads in Palaio Faliro, and the bus tipped over. It was unclear how many …
Coast Guard personnel set up a floating boom round the site of the shipwreck off northern Andros. [Handout/Hellenic Coast Guard] Andros port officials have arrested the captain and watch officer of a Turkish-operated freighter that sank off the Aegean Sea island early Wednesday without loss of life, while authorities were focusing on pre-emptive action to …
[EPPO] The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has launched a criminal investigation into possible corruption and fraud involving European Union agricultural funds in Croatia, it has said. Police were gathering evidence in several counties in central Croatia, it said in a statement. The probe relates to the activities of Croatian nationals suspected of abuse of …
File photo. [AP] Ryanair will shut down its base at Thessaloniki Airport “Makedonia,” informing staff of the move, local media reported Wednesday. The decision follows a dispute over increased airport charges imposed by operator Fraport Greece. While fees are set annually and apply uniformly to all airlines, Ryanair has consistently sought to keep operating costs …
[Greek Coast Guard / via Reuters] Greece has rescued all nine crew members of a cargo ship that hit rocks and sank off the South Aegean island of Andros early on Wednesday, a Coast Guard official said. The Vanuatu-flagged freighter, with a crew of one Azerbaijani and eight Turkish nationals, had left Albania with 3,000 …
IMAGES Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah pose for a photo with Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on the day of the Jordan-Cyprus-Greece Trilateral Summit, in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday. [Reuters] Source link
[InTime News] The debate has officially opened over stricter rules for electric scooters used mainly by minors, following accidents and the recent death of a 13-year-old in Ilia. Speaking to Mega TV, Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis backed abolishing scooters due to their danger, especially for minors riding on high-speed roads. He said new regulations …
File photo. Police on Tuesday arrested a man for driving an electric scooter at 72 kilometers per hour on Syngrou Avenue, nearly three times the legal speed limit. Regulations cap the maximum speed for electric scooters at 25 kph. The rider, a 23-year-old Egyptian national, was due to appear before a prosecutor. Citizen Protection Minister …