The recurring phenomenon of infrastructure projects starting with the knowledge that their timetable will be extended once, twice and three times, is not only offensive to the citizens who suffer. It also has a real cost in terms of disruption to the city’s economic activity and lost working hours. In particular, the projects on Athens’ …
File photo. A four-year-old boy was being treated in intensive care Tuesday after being mauled by a dog in a village on Crete. Local reports said the child was taken to hospital in the city of Hania with extensive bites in the face and neck. The attack occurred in the yard of the boy’s house …
File photo. [Shutterstock] Officers in northern Greece have arrested a phone scammer who tried to defraud a man out of €50,000 but instead walked into a police trap, officials said Tuesday. A police statement said the 39-year-old suspect allegedly belonged to a gang that pulled off phone scams on vulnerable people. They allegedly contacted a …
Police in Thessaloniki have arrested the mother of a five-year-old boy who, having been left alone in the family’s 6th floor apartment, allegedly tossed a vacuum cleaner and other heavy objects over the balcony onto a busy avenue below. No injuries were recorded from Tuesday’s incident. Police were summoned to the apartment building on Vassileos …
File photo. [InTime News] Public transport services in Athens will be significantly disrupted on Friday, as unions stage strikes and work stoppages to mark May Day. Buses and trolley buses will operate on a limited schedule, running only between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Staff unions have announced work stoppages in the early morning and …
A second strong quake, with preliminary magnitude 4.9, rattled the western Aegean Sea island of Skiathos Tuesday, authorities said, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries. The earthquake struck shortly after 4 p.m. some four kilometers north of Skiathos at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the Athens Geodynamic Institute. …
Authorities on Tuesday warned farmers to be on the lookout for phishing attempts using as bait the deadly foot-and-mouth epidemic that’s devastating livestock farms on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesvos. The Rural Development Ministry said scammers have been phoning up farmers claiming to represent ministry officials or laboratories and wanting to brief them …
As time is now pressing and the risk of losing Recovery and Resilience Fund resources is visible, the Finance Ministry has sounded the alarm and efforts are being made to accelerate procedures. The deadline for submitting applications to banks for housing through “My Home 2” is being moved from the end of August to June …
A former senior railway official who is among the 36 people facing trial for various charges over Greece’s deadliest train crash announced his intention to file criminal charges against the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Kostas Kyranakis, during Tuesday’s court proceedings in Larissa. The move came a day after the government joined in the legal …
LIVE C Four people have been injured after a man opened fire inside a courthouse in Athens on Tuesday, just hours after a similar incident at a branch of the EFKA social security fund in Keramikos. The victims were taken to the Red Cross Hospital where they are receiving treatment for leg injuries. According to …