Alongside Posidonia, the prestigious annual maritime exhibition, the Philippine Embassy in Athens organized its “2nd Philippine Maritime Forum” on May 29, at the Piraeus Marine Club. Source link

Greece plans sweeping changes to its road traffic code ahead of the summer tourist season, introducing stricter rules for electric scooters and rented motorcycles and quad bikes, Deputy Transport Minister Konstantinos Kyranakis said. Source link

Greece has repatriated to Cyprus a group of nearly 50 antiquities covering about 3,500 years of the island’s history that were originally part of a private collection, the Culture Ministry said Tuesday. Source link

The Council of State has ordered the reinstatement of police protection for a key witness in Greece’s Siemens corruption case, ruling that authorities failed to adequately justify ending the security measures. Source link

The Conference of Presidents of the Greek Parliament will launch the procedures for the revision of the Constitution on June 4. Source link

Members of the cast of the Netflix’s “Emily in Paris” shared moments of their time between filming the sixth and final season of the successful comedy-romance series in Mykonos.  Source link

Karpathos was added Tuesday to the growing list of Aegean Sea islands declared in a state of emergency due to an acute shortage of drinking water, just ahead of an anticipated spike in consumption amid the summer tourist season. Source link

Customs officials at Athens International Airport have caught a Greek national trying to smuggle half a million euros in €500 notes into the country from the Persian Gulf, authorities said Tuesday. Source link

Inflation in Greece jumped to 5% in May from 4.6% in April, according to preliminary data issued by the European Union statistics agency Eurostat on Tuesday, fuelled by higher energy prices. Source link

A police search was underway for an inmate who escaped from the Greek capital’s Korydallos Prison on Tuesday morning, authorities said. Source link