The brutal murder of a 44-year-old patient at the Attica Psychiatric Hospital by another patient with a violent criminal history was the result of chronic deficiencies, staff say.

Two elderly women in different parts of the country have recently been targeted by scammers using an almost identical method to extract money and valuables from their victims.

“The threat that Trump poses to the coherence of the transatlantic alliance is more dangerous and threatening than are its external adversaries,” according to Ian Bremmer.

The owner of a riding center, Vangelis Pilitsis, leads a horse across a field as a Greek-flagged research and survey vessel, the Aethra, and the islet of Anydros, the epicenter of the recent seismic activity, are seen in the background.

Greek shipping magnate George Procopiou has acquired the entire share capital of the Astir Palace Vouliagmeni hotel group.

Investigators in Central Greece are leaning toward the conclusion that 39-year-old Vassilis Kalogirou, whose badly decomposed body was found earlier this week on a remote hill in Tirnavos, died of exhaustion or possibly of some kind of narcotic. 

The famous beach of Elafonissi, on the southwestern tip of Crete, has been voted by Tripadvisor users as the best beach in the world.

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo has confirmed that he is open to playing with the Greek national team in the 2025 EuroBasket. “If I am healthy, I will be there,” he said.

No extension will be granted to the final August 2026 deadline for submitting requests for financing from the Recovery and Resilience Fund, the European Commission's Deputy Director-General for Economic Affairs Declan Costello warned in Athens.

Protesting farmers briefly clashed with police in Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, late Wednesday after attempting to breach security cordons near a venue where Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was speaking.

It is a truism that politics in Greece has always been turbulent and consensus is a rarity. Recently, however, the clashes among the political parties seem to have been turned up a notch.

The cities of Athens and Thessaloniki – among others – are celebrating “Tsiknopempti” or “Smoky Thursday,” the big day of meat-loving debauchery during the Carnival season and before the start of Lent in the run-up to Greek Orthodox Easter, with parades and other events.

The European Union will soon make decisions that will stop it from being a bystander to recent geopolitical developments, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Wednesday.

Blue chip Titan Cement announced on Wednesday it has signed an agreement for the sale of its 75% stake in Adocim Cimento Beton Sanayi ve Ticaret in eastern Turkey for $87.5 million in cash, with 50% of shares going to Mugla Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret and the other 25% to Yurt Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret.

A significant increase in the activity of hotel accommodations, campsites, and short-term collective accommodations (rooms for rent) was recorded for December 2024, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Wednesday.

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides highlighted key economic and labor policy decisions on Wednesday.

The state budget showed a higher primary surplus of 1.8 billion euros on a cash basis in January, from €945 million last year, according to the Bank of Greece.

Athens-listed Metlen Energy & Metals has announced the signing of two long-term strategic agreements with Rio Tinto, ensuring the supply of bauxite and the disposal of alumina. 

Kathimerini’s Iliana Magra joins Thanos Davelis to discuss her interview with Steve Bannon, a one-time close adviser to Donald Trump and the voice of the MAGA movement, which touched on his views on Greece, Turkey and the region, and the broader outlook for the Trump 2.0 era and the MAGA movement.

The rising sequence of five sessions ended on Wednesday for the main index of the Greek stock market.