The Rural Development and Food Ministry announced Wednesday it was canceling all aid programs for organic beekeeping and livestock farming, amid a rash of bogus applications by farmers to receive EU subsidies. Source link

Greece says a new biometric screening system at airports for non-European Union citizens is fully operational, rejecting reports of a formal summer exemption for British travelers. But busy airports will be allowed to shut off scanners when needed this summer, officials say. Source link

Greece has still not received explanations from Ukraine’s defense officials on an apparently Ukrainian explosive sea drone discovered in Greek waters a week ago, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said Thursday. Source link

Three doctors have been arrested in the Piraeus area for allegedly defrauding the state health insurer EOPYY of more than €250,000 through the issuance of fake medical referrals. Source link

A group of motorcycle police officers came under a mob attack Thursday during an operation in Ano Liosia, on the northern outskirts of Athens, after attempting to stop a suspicious vehicle for inspection, according to police reports. Source link

The European Union will benefit with the faster integration of energy networks in its Southeastern flank, energy ministers from Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Moldova and Georgia said on Thursday at the “Energy Transition Summit” in Athens. Source link

Border guards flagged down a white Ford Transit van some four kilometers outside of Komotini in northeastern Greece in January. A young Greek man drove while 11 migrants from Afghanistan and Iraq were squashed into the back. Source link

Greek customs authorities seized 46 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipping container at the capital’s Port of Piraeus, officials said Thursday. Source link

The government is investing nearly €4 billion on six major road projects that will plug gaps in infrastructure. Source link