File photo. Police fired at a getaway vehicle during a pursuit of suspected burglars on Good Friday evening in Vari, authorities said. According to the police, shortly before 9 p.m. three unidentified suspects broke into a house on Sifnou Street in the eastern Attica town by smashing a first-floor window and stole about €5,000 before …
A private spy firm founded by former members of Israeli intelligence has confirmed its involvement in a sting operation targeting state officials and private interests in Cyprus, saying it wanted to expose corruption. A senior aide to Cypriot president Nikos Christodoulides resigned in January after a video posted online showed him discussing investment projects in …
Jewelry shop owner Ioanna Velentza, 26, noted that metal costs have doubled, forcing price increases. In the winding streets of Athens’ historic Plaka district, beneath the Acropolis, business owners are bracing for an uncertain tourist season amid regional conflicts and rising costs. “We’re caught between two wars,” said Pantelis Vassilakos, a 30-year restaurant veteran. “The …
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A flame lit in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem was flown on a Greek government aircraft to Athens on Easter Saturday, ahead of its distribution nationwide for midnight Easter church services. In a ceremony repeated every year, it was welcomed at the airport with the honors accorded to a visiting head of …
Repairs to floating platforms in Schinias. Twenty‑two years after its construction, Greece’s Olympic Rowing Center at Schinias, northeast of Athens, is undergoing a full restoration, with its 2.2‑kilometer water course already back in use by the national team. The site, built for €88 million inside the environmentally sensitive Schinias wetland, had deteriorated after being largely …
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[Handout/AADE] Greek authorities have impounded 229 luxury cars in a nationwide crackdown for alleged tax, regulatory and customs violations, the independent AADE tax authority said Saturday. An AADE statement said the vehicles included Bentleys, Lamborghinis, Ferraris and Porsches, estimated to be worth more than €10 million in total. The statement said the operation followed information …
Eric Adams appears before a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors on Capitol Hill, in Washington, March 5, 2025. [Rod Lamkey/AP Photo] Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday that he had become a citizen of Albania, putting him one step closer to his oft-repeated dream of …
[Intime News] Athens public transport will come to a halt well before midnight Resurrection celebrations on Easter Saturday, while services will also be sparse on Monday, which is a public holiday. The last metro trains will leave Syntagma Station at 11 p.m. Saturday and the final service from the airport to Piraeus will be at …