Olympiakos and Panathinaikos showed on Tuesday they are ready to make up the first pair of teams in an all-Greek final this May, at the Euroleague Final Four to take place in Athens, too. They thrashed Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively and showed Europe they are the teams to be compared with in the last …
[Christina Georgiadou] Dragatsaniou Street, located in the heart of Athens’ commercial triangle, was known as the capital’s main hub for those shopping for electrical goods. However, during Greece’s debt crisis, the old businesses closed and the street became deserted. Gradually, the void was filled with cafes and bars that have altered the character of the …
“Hezbollah or Allah?” – “God or his party?”– someone from Dilan Adamat’s group joked as a violent storm broke over a place where rain is rare. The thunder was so loud it could easily have been mistaken for a ballistic missile or drone strike – like the hundreds that have hit Erbil, the capital of …
Classic koulourakia from Smyrna Among the most fragrant and delicious koulourakia, these Easter cookies have a crumbly, buttery dough that melts in your mouth. The chef uses sheep and goat milk butter for its wonderfully rustic, distinctive aroma, and adds a portion of olive oil (a lovely evolution of tradition!) to make them even more …
Police in Piraeus have arrested a taxi driver with more than three kilograms of heroin in his vehicle, who is suspected of drug trafficking throughout the Greater Athens region. A police statement Tuesday said a search of the 34-year-old’s home turned up more heroin, bringing the total quantity of the drug seized in his possession …
File photo. A man wanted in Serbia for alleged participation in a string of gangland morders has been arrested in southern Athens, authorities said Tuesday. A police statement said the 40-year-old suspect was taken into custody in Voula on April 2, on the basis of an international arrest warrant from Serbia. He is alleged to …
Greece’s Supreme Court prosecutor is set to take over the most serious strands of an expanding illegal surveillance investigation, following a ruling by a single-judge misdemeanors court in Athens. The case stems from a 2022 wiretapping scandal involving the use of spyware, including Predator, to target politicians, journalists and other figures. After a revealing trial, …
New files from an investigation by European prosecutors into a major farm subsidy scandal were forwarded to Parliament Tuesday, with the question of stripping two sitting lawmakers with the governing New Democracy party of their immunity from prosecution. The probe focuses on alleged payments to cronies, sometimes based on fraudulent claims, by the now-defunct OPEKEPE …
At least two attackers were killed and one was seriously injured in an extended gun battle between police and assailants directly outside the building housing the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, according to media reports and Reuters video. Source link
The possibility of acquiring a home in Greater Athens through bank borrowing remains largely inaccessible, even among households that are considered to meet the financing criteria, like excluding low-income citizens or those with other debts (credit cards, consumer loans, tax debts), according to a Bank of Greece report published on Monday. For the first time, …