A 50-year-old man was found dead on Monday afternoon at the side of a road in Pallini, northeastern Athens. According to initial reports, the victim had cable ties around his neck. Authorities have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the man’s death. Source link
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[Intime News] In the first opinion poll following the new farm subsidy investigations, the governing conservatives have lost a little ground and the main opposition Socialists registered slight gains, but the margin between the two top parties remains in the double digits. An ALCO poll for Alpha TV published Monday indicates that were elections to …
Greece is on a growth trajectory and well positioned to absorb the impact of the Middle East crisis, Eurogroup President and Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has asserted. “Our economy has become clearly more resilient in recent years, thanks to sustainable growth, the consolidation of public finances, and the continuation of structural reforms,” Pierrakakis said …
Thousands of spot checks on haulage trucks and other heavy vehicles in the Greater Athens region have found one in five drivers in violation of some rule or safety regulation, authorities said Monday. A police statement said 5,608 violations were recorded during 26,735 inspections in the first quarter of the year on national highways and …
A concerted police crackdown in three parts of Greece involving counter-terrorism officers and drones has broken a highly organized gang of phone scam artists who made about €1.3 million in a few months, authorities said Monday. Seven suspected gang members were arrested during the raids Friday in central Athens and Aharnes on the capital’s northwestern …
A 64-year-old tax official in Thessaloniki has been arrested for allegedly warning business owners in advance about upcoming tax inspections, authorities said on Monday. An investigation was launched in 2024. It was triggered by a formal complaint. A 76-year-old retired tax official was also arrested on suspicion of involvement in the scheme. The main suspect …
A Russian man has been arrested in northern Athens on domestic violence charges after his Ukrainian wife fell twice, under unclear circumstances, from the couple’s fourth-floor balcony in the same evening, police said Monday. The 27-year-old woman managed to survive both falls and was in hospital Monday with severe but non life-threatening injuries. Police said …
[Handout/Hellenic Coast Guard] Five people were arrested Monday in northern Greece for illegally fishing more than 16,000 sea urchins that are important members of marine ecosystems but also a traditional Lenten delicacy, authorities said. A Coast Guard statement said a total 820 kilos of the spiny rock-dwelling creatures were seized in the port of Alexandroupoli …
A man walks along the shore as oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz, seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, March 11. [AP] February 28, 2026, will go down in the annals of economic history as the moment when the architecture of global trade, honed over decades to maximize …