An armoured truck carrying cash has been robbed at gunpoint in Lavrio, in southeastern Attica. Initial reports say up to €1 million in cash was taken in the robbery when four armed and masked perpetrators held up the cash van at around 3.30 p.m.

Police in Athens have arrested a 14-year-old schoolboy after he threatened to “break” the face of a teacher who had questioned the pupil’s use of a cell phone in school.

At least eight people have been arrested during a police operation in western Attica on Thursday aimed at dismantling a criminal gang responsible for about 100 house robberies in Attica and the Peloponnese.

The government is offering more favorable terms to entice renowned foreign universities such as Stanford, Harvard, Yale, UCL, ETH Zurich and others to establish branches in Greece.

Veteran Greek singer Marinella remains “clinically stable” but in “critical” condition following a serious stroke on Wednesday night, Hygeia hospital said in an update on Thursday afternoon.

Sokratis Famellos, the president of SYRIZA’s parliamentary group, announced on Thursday he will run for president of the leftist main opposition party, bringing the number of leadership hopefuls to five.

Paramedics called to a police precinct in central Athens last Saturday to pick up a 38-year-old migrant from Pakistan found him dead.

For more than 2,400 years, “young people” have been a perennial cause for complaint. Socrates’ and Plato’s accusations are still topical because politicians and citizens all around the world are still blaming youth for their failure: The myth of youth disenchantment with politics is spreading – disregarding the fact that they are active citizens, just not in the same ways as previous generations were.

The Ministry of Environment and Energy submitted an amendment to Parliament on Thursday which includes changes needed to facilitate the construction of the Cyprus-Crete electrical interconnection.

Citizens will be able to choose doctors not contracted to the National Organization for Healthcare Services Provision (EOPYY), taking on the cost of reimbursement for these services, according to a proposal submitted to Parliament on Wednesday.

Former New Democracy lawmaker Andreas Patsis is seeking a compromise in a trial where he was indicted, along with his former and current wife, over inaccurate wealth declarations from 2019 through 2022, and his involvement in a foreign company.

The Administrative Court of Appeal of Piraeus has issued the country’s first final decision for revoking a building permit that made use of the height bonus in the new Building Regulation.

Greek police in Thessaloniki said they have identified two suspects who defrauded a man out of 250,000 euros by urging him to invest in cryptocurrencies. 

Egypt’s announcement that 12 plots will be available for hydrocarbon exploration is seen as a message of stability and the will for constructive relations with all players in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The contribution of industry to Greece’s growth in rising, according to economic reports from banks.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a grand jury on federal criminal charges, according to two people familiar with the matter, an extraordinary culmination to weeks of searches, subpoenas and resignations of top officials that have thrust the city’s government into crisis.

The case mainly concerns Chinese investors and a number of transactions in the real estate market are being investigated.

Turkey was thrown out of the F-35 combat aircraft program because of its actions which embraced Russia and were antithetical to NATO.

Legendary Greek singer Marinella is being treated for a serious stroke in the intensive care unit of Hygeia hospital after collapsing on stage on Wednesday night, her doctor said in a statement released overnight.

The convicted leader of the now defunct November 17 urban terror group, Alexandros Giotopoulos, is reportedly being treated for a pulmonary embolism while under guard at the Sotiria hospital in northern Athens.