Dionysis Temponeras, a prominent member of left-wing SYRIZA, has quit the party to support the new formation expected to be announced by former party leader and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Tuesday. Source link
Tens of thousands of fans attended the opening Saturday in Athens of Iron Maiden’s new world tour, in the venue’s second major heavy metal concert of the year following US band Metallica. Source link
As a child, Giannis Stathas remembers being snowed in for days at a time in Arachova, a village famous for its ski resort and long known as a winter playground for Greeks. “We couldn’t go to school because of the snow,” said Stathas, now mayor of Arachova and the surrounding area. “We might have been …
The mere thought of them terrifies most of us, especially at this time of year, when they are starting to emerge from their winter hideouts and are looking for food right next to us – in homes and business premises. Source link
Two suspected members of a ring of phone scammers have been arrested in northern Greece for allegedly defrauding six elderly people out of a total €120,000, police said Sunday. Source link
A man with a history of domestic violence has been arrested in southern Greece on suspicion of locking up and threatening a teenage girl, authorities said Sunday. Source link
Excavators working near the waterline in the Corinth Canal appear toy-sized from the cliffs above, where tourists still stop for photographs while restoration crews struggle to stabilize collapsing slopes that have kept the canal closed for much of the year since 2021. Source link
A suspected member of a migrant smuggling gang has been arrested a day after he allegedly crashed a car overcrowded with migrants during a police chase near the land border with Turkey, authorities said Sunday. Source link
Police in northern Greece have broken a gambling ring that allegedly used other players’ accounts in online betting companies to place illegal bets. Source link
Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday mixed soccer with politics in a reference to his political comeback with a new party he’s expected to formally launch in two days. Source link