European prosecutors in Athens on Thursday charged 17 people arrested in northern Greece for alleged fraud involving European Union farm subsidies, a day after 22 people from Crete were formally accused, separately, of similar criminal offenses. Source link
A new case of road rage in Athens has seen a motorist pull a handgun and threaten another driver following a traffic dispute, police said Thursday. Source link
The deadly sheep and goat pox epidemic that has afflicted Greek livestock farming since 2024 has spread to the central Peloponnese region of Arcadia, regional authorities said. Source link
A 30-year-old man arrested over the shooting of a business owner in downtown Athens this week had previously been detained in connection with a stabbing attack and drug-related offenses, police said Thursday. Source link
Drone attacks were reported on three tankers in the Black Sea on Thursday near Turkey’s northern coast, shipping agency Tribeca said. Source link
Greek islands that remain outside the national power interconnection network continue to face energy vulnerability during the summer tourist season, despite long-standing plans aimed at securing electricity supply through grid links and autonomous renewable energy systems. Source link
More than a dozen suspects in an ongoing investigation into farm subsidy fraud worth millions of euros were testifying at the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Athens on Thursday. Source link
A gastroenteritis outbreak at Athens’ Attikon University Hospital has exposed shortcomings in basic hospital safety measures and chronic staffing shortages, hospital employees said Thursday. Source link
The social sciences research network has been left out of European Union structural funding, raising alarms about the country’s capacity for evidence-based policymaking. Source link
The migration ministry has submitted to Parliament legislation implementing the European Union’s new Migration Pact, less than a month before the framework takes effect on July 1. Source link