Hellenic Coast Guard Two Turkish citizens arrested as migrant traffickers had opened businesses on the island of Samos to cover their tracks. The businesses, a retail outlet and a restaurant, had virtually no clientele but their owners, both legal residents, were living large. The discrepancy reportedly aroused the suspicion of the National Intelligence Agency (EYP), …
One in three companies checked in the first quarter of the year was found to be tax evading in some way, Greece’s independent tax authority, AADE, said Sunday. An AADE statement said a total 8.000 spot inspections were carried out nationwide in January-March, based on factors including indications of potential tax evasion, complaints from members …
File photo. A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in central Athens suspected of staging a string of armed robberies at mini markets and petrol stations threatening staff with a knife, police said Sunday. A police statement said the boy was taken into custody in the Pangrati district on Tuesday night. It said he was believed …
File photo. Authorities on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Samos have arrested five people suspected of belonging to a ring that smuggled migrants over from the nearby Turkish coast, officials said Sunday. A Coast Guard statement said the arrests followed the discovery near Kallithea on Samos on Monday of 34 migrants ferried across in …
New farm subsidy regulations in force would prevent a repeat of the fraud scandal that’s battering the conservative government, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Sunday. In a social media post, Mitsotakis also said he would provide details Monday of what he called “a new start and a more dynamic confrontation with the deep state,” following …
A group of 28 migrants who crossed illegally by sea from Turkey has been found on the islet of Psara off Chios in the eastern Aegean Sea, authorities said Sunday. A Coast Guard statement said the 14 men, 6 women and 8 children have been taken to a migrant camp on Chios. It said they …
[Intime News] Athens will ensure the flame ceremoniously lit every Easter in Jerusalem and flown to Greece for Christian Orthodox Holy Saturday celebrations arrives this year despite the war in the Persian Gulf, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Sunday. In a social media post, Mitsotakis conceded that the war “makes [the flame’s] transportation a much …
[Handout/Hellenic Coast Guard] More than 40 kilograms of hashish with a street value of €320,000 have been found washed ashore on a beach on the southeastern island of Rhodes, authorities said. The discovery was made Friday at Plymmiri near Lindos, a Coast Guard statement said. It said the drugs were packaged inside a closed straw …
[Monumenta] Kifissia’s villas face mounting pressure from overdevelopment, as demolitions rise and preservation efforts intensify, according to a recent documentation initiative by Monumenta. The organization has recorded more than 1,100 buildings constructed between 1895 and 1975, aiming to safeguard the suburb’s architectural memory amid accelerating change. Long prized for its waters and greenery, Kifissia evolved …
Shops will be open all over Greece Sunday, and longer trading hours will be in place during Easter week with the exception of Good Friday. According to recommendations from the Athens trade association, shops will be open Sunday from 11a.m.-4p.m. Throughout Easter week recommended opening hours Monday to Thursday will be 9a.m.-9p.m. on Good Friday …