A criminal investigation has been ordered following a near collision between two commuter trains between Athens and Agioi Anargyroi stations on Friday morning. 

Kyriakos’ grandfather was a fisherman and lutist, like himself. His father is a fisherman and violinist, like Kyriakos’ son. For four generations fishing and music have been central to their lives, this has not changed.

Exports of goods have shown a steady upward trend in recent years.

Lamda Development collected revenues of 776 million euros until the end of August from the Elliniko project.

The 10th annual Burger Fest (burgerfest.gr) takes over Kerameikos’ Old OSY Depot (Pireos & Ermou) for two weekends.

Defense Minister Nikos Dendias visited the remote eastern island of Kastellorizo in the Dodecanese on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the island.

Greece said on Friday it would give a three-year tax break to homeowners who convert their short-term rentals to long ones, becoming the latest European country to clamp down on holiday lets to tackle a housing shortage.

A man, 46, was found dead in his home in Nea Smyrni, Athens, on Friday afternoon with stab wounds to the abdomen and neck.

The team from the Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) arrived in Thessaloniki ahead of the city’s international trade fair (TIF) with a wealth of optimistic news about the progress of space research and science in Greecedimit

A Greek appeals court on Friday reduced the prison sentences of 11 men involved in trafficking 1.2 metric tons of cocaine from the Caribbean into Europe and Africa, in one of the biggest drug busts in Greece’s history.

A 63-year-old worker died Friday morning at a Public Power Corporation (PPC) factory on the island of Kos.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called for urgent EU-wide intervention to address surging electricity prices and growing distortions in the EU energy market, warning that price discrepancies between member states threaten regional competitiveness and public support for the EU Green Deal.

The Athens Prosecutor’s Office is prosecuting two inspectors at the National Transparency Authority concerning the investigation into the delayed implementation of Contract 717 of ERGOSE, the projects branch of Hellenic Railways (OSE), which has been causally linked with the railway collision in Tempe in central Greece in February 2023 that cost the lives of 57 people.

The body of a Turkish-American activist was received with a solemn ceremony at the airport in Istanbul on Friday, arriving a week after she was shot in the head by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank.

A Turkish court on Friday jailed pending trial the mother and brother of a murdered eight-year-old girl whose body was found in a sack hidden under rocks in a case that horrified the nation and triggered protests since her disappearance three weeks ago.

Russia completely disagrees with comments from Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that Crimea should return to Ukrainian control, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.

So what’s the priority, implementing reforms or focusing on issues of everyday life?

Endy Zemenides, HALC’s executive director, joins Thanos Davelis after participating in the Thessaloniki International Fair to break down how Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki, is positioning itself to play a key role as an international hub in an evolving region.

SYRIZA MP Pavlos Polakis, who has announced his intention to run for the party leadership in late November, expressed regret for having supported the recently ousted leader Stefanos Kasselakis during the vote that elevated him to the head of the main opposition party.

Taking another step in its promotion of the “Blue Homeland” doctrine that violates international law, Turkey has included the theory in the 9th grade geography textbooks of the country’s high schools (age 14).