A 46-year-old driver who hit a family of three near Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Wednesday while driving drunk is expected to testify before an investigative magistrate on Saturday.

The countdown to the election for a new SYRIZA leader has been marred by court threats, verbal assaults, accusations and the presence of the police to maintain the security at party headquarters.

The Defense Ministry’s decisions in favor of Greece’s procurement of Switchblade-type roving ammunition (loitering munitions, or tiny drones) for the Special Warfare Command will reportedly soon head to Parliament for approval.

A total of 51 migrants, among them four women and six children, were found on a beach in southern Crete on Friday night. They were located on a beach in the Tris Ekklisies area in the Archanes-Asterousia municipality, in Iraklio prefecture. The migrants have been transferred to an accommodation facility.

A train travelling from Halkida to Athens hit fallen trees between Sfendali and Afidna stations, causing material damage to it and bringing it to a halt.

The Panhellenic Medical Association has proposed to the Health Ministry a series of measures to combat the growing problem of violence against health personnel in Greek hospitals over the past five years. 

A train stationmaster was suspended Friday and faces disciplinary action after allegedly giving an order that would have placed two passenger trains on a head-on collision course on the same stretch of track on Athens’ suburban railway, railway operator Hellenic Train said.

Georgian coach Temur Ketsbaia lost his job with the Cyprus national team, the national federation said Friday, days after a 4-0 home loss against Kosovo in the UEFA Nations League.

Following the devastating Storm Daniel that hit Thessaly and surrounding areas a year ago, the government activated state aid through the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection for households, businesses and farms.

Greece’s prime minister has asked the EU to urgently respond to soaring power prices in central and eastern Europe, which Athens said are being exacerbated by Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides announced that discussions on the Cyprus-Crete electricity interconnection are advancing positively.

Premiums for fire insurance increased at a rate of 12.6% in the first half of this year, a result to some extent of the compulsory insurance for all businesses with a turnover of more than 2 million euros, which was instituted at the beginning of the year.

An extraordinary annual general meeting approved Bank of Cyprus’ return to the Athens Stock Exchange with a concurrent delisting from the London Stock Exchange by an almost absolute majority.

Moody’s raised Greece’s credit rating to “Positive” from “Stable” on Friday, but stopped short of lifting the country out of junk status.

Inspired Education Group, one of the world’s largest private education groups, with 115 schools in 24 countries and 90,000 students, has acquired a stake in the Moraitis School, while it is also reportedly in discussions with Geitonas Education schools. 

The benchmark of the Greek stock market had to drop close to the 1,400-point mark on Thursday to rebound on Friday.

Hundreds of people will flock to the village of Helidona in Evrytania, Central Greece, for the All-Day Grape Festival on September 28.

Because of Greece’s bankruptcy, the stereotype prevailed that all salaries in the public sector are a waste that serve clientelistic purposes. Thus, the salaries and status of civil servants ended up impermissibly low.

This government often shifts responsibility to third parties: The high cost of living is blamed on "imported inflation," soaring electricity prices on the war in Ukraine, and destructive wildfires on "uncleared plots," among other things.

A man was arrested Thursday morning in Hania, Crete, for beating his ex-wife and attempting to snatch their 4-year-old child outside a mayor’s office.