A gang that combined climbing skills with the gift of the gab to make more than €440,000 out of cat burglaries and phone scams has been broken following a series of arrests in the Greater Athens region, authorities said Wednesday. Source link
The City of Athens on Wednesday formally approved emergency financial assistance of €3,000 for each family left homeless by the collapse of a small block of flats in the central Petralona district. Source link
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis voiced anger at Tuesday morning’s arson attacks on property linked with three of his conservative New Democracy party officials in Thessaloniki that injured five people, one gravely. Source link
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake rattled central Greece Wednesday, authorities said, but no damage or injuries were reported. Source link
A prosecutor has asked a court to convict two former senior officials of the country’s agricultural payments agency over the alleged concealment of an internal audit report into improper European Union farm subsidy payments. Source link
The parliamentary committee on constitutional revision is set to present its proposals for approval, but it is far from certain that any of those will actually be enacted. Source link
Greek tourism is showing resilience, with nominal hotel sales estimated to grow by 3% in 2026. Source link
Experts say neighboring buildings do not fail without warning, pointing to possible failures in excavation support during basement construction. Source link
When Greece’s debt crisis struck in 2009, George, owner of a jewellery shop outside Athens, found himself saddled with a new €100,000 loan just as his business turnover plummeted. Source link
Authorities in Thessaloniki are investigating a series of early morning attacks involving gas canisters that targeted the homes of three officials linked to Greece’s ruling New Democracy party, local media reported. Source link