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Five teens arrested in Patra over internet challenge that left 13-year-old seriously injured
Five 15-year-old students have been arrested in Patra, western Greece, for allegedly injuring a 13-year-old classmate during an internet challenge that went wrong. A sixth suspect, also 15, has been identified in connection with the incident.
Hotel employee killed in industrial washing machine accident in Rhodes
A 65-year-old hotel employee has died in a workplace accident on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes, according to public broadcaster ERT.
Swan Lake | Athens | April 24
The European Classical Ballet presents Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky’s timeless masterpiece and a pinnacle of classical dance at Pallas Theater (5 Voukourestiou).
Mitsotakis reiterates call for mutually beneficial EU–US trade agreement
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed optimism in his regular Sunday post that a mutually beneficial trade agreement between the European Union and the United States can be found
Man found fatally injured outside central Athens theater
An unidentified man was found seriously injured from a sharp object wound to the groin late last night outside the "Vembo" Theater in the Metaxourgeio area of central Athens. He was transported to the hospital, where he died shortly afterward.
Well-targeted job programs
DYPA employment initiatives have focused on women, the under-29s and the jobless over 55.
We Betrayed the Horses | Athens | To October 5
The National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST, Kallirois & Frantzis) presents Janis Rafa’s first solo show at a museum in her native Greece.
Seven-vehicle crash in southern Athens leaves six injured
A serious traffic accident involving seven vehicles occurred in the early hours of Sunday on Poseidonos Avenue, near Alimos in southern Athens.
Clashes erupt in Exarchia following attack on police precinct
A group of unidentified individuals clashed with police forces shortly after midnight in the Exarchia district of central Athens.
Many owners investing in buy-to-lets
More and more people are interested in acquiring a property, not to meet their needs, but as an investment.
Elafonisos Eco Week kicks off on Monday
The annual Elafonisos Eco Week will be held on Monday through Wednesday on the beautiful island off the southeastern coast of the Peloponnese.
Greek shipper confident of ‘limited’ damage from tariffs
The Greek shipping industry will be able to pass on the cost of tariffs to the charterers and survive the latest challenge more easily, Greek shipowner Panagiotis Laskaridis said on the sidelines of the Delphi Economic Forum.
Helleniq Energy becomes sole owner of Elpedison
The purchasing agreement of 50% of Elpedison by Helleniq Energy was signed on Friday, turning the latter into the single shareholder of Elpedison.
A hidden fresco gets needed love
When Steven Woloshin, an American doctor, first saw the 600-year-old fresco of a Crucifixion by the Renaissance master Fra Angelico inside a cloistered convent in early 2024, he was astonished.
The variety of Greek crime rings
One doesn’t know where to start: A corruption ring was discovered in the urban planning offices of Rhodes; a fuel smuggling ring with a network that exceeded 250 gas stations had tampered with their pumps; a bribery ring existed in the Forensic Medical Service of Thessaloniki.
Bread and circuses
Our world has entered a new reality, one in which old alliances are being tested, friendships among nations strained, and well-established trade patterns challenged.
A challenge for museums
The changes made to the legal status of the country’s museums did not automatically lead to their transformation. These units of Greece’s “heavy industry” of culture move at different speeds.
‘We were rubber-stamping decisions, not forming strategy’
It has been two months since Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas resigned from his position as president of the National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation (ESETEK) due to the “absence of a strategy on the part of the Ministry of Development.”
Easter rush starts at capital’s ports
The ringing of the last school bell on Friday afternoon marked the start of the exodus from Athens for the Greek Orthodox Easter holidays over the weekend.