The Estia Greek Street Festival returns to Hobart, Australia, this weekend, offering a vibrant celebration of Greek culture for Tasmania’s Greek diaspora.

The family of a railway inspector killed in the February 2023 Tempe train crash in northern Greece has received the first compensation payment, totaling 800,000 euros. This marks the first payout to a victim’s family nearly two years after the collision that killed 57 people.

Turkey’s pursuit of regional natural resources coupled with its controversial geopolitical pursuits in the Middle East and Aegean Sea indicate that the country is looking to “recreate” the Ottoman Empire, Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said during an interview with Fox News Digital on Saturday.

Authorities responded to a fuel leak from an underground pipeline in Nea Alikarnassos, Iraklio, Crete. The spill was quickly contained, preventing oil from reaching the sea, though a large section of the road remains covered in fuel.

A Greek seismologist reassured the public on Saturday that a series of earthquakes recorded mostly over the past week in the area of the Santorini caldera are likely the result of tectonic movements and not volcanic activity.

Greece’s drug enforcement agency said on Saturday it had arrested 17 people in western Attica in connection with a criminal group selling heroin in the area, adding that authorities are searching for another 12.

A court in Athens awarded 800,000 euros to the relatives of the inspector who lost his life in the Tempe train collision in February 2023, in the first such ruling since the deadly accident almost two years ago.

A 48-year-old man arrested over his alleged involvement in the murder of a land surveyor in Athens in July 2023 was given until Tuesday to testify over the crime after appearing before an investigative magistrate on Saturday.

An Athens urban railway train was evacuated on Friday afternoon after smoke started filling the carriages at the Moschato station in southern Athens.

The picturesque Athens Riviera on the capital’s southern coast is facing serious sewage overflow issues during heavy rainfall. With illegal connections and an aging drainage system causing wastewater to flood major coastal roads and reach the sea, the problem is endangering public health, the environment and marine life.

A Rome court on Friday ordered a group of migrants detained in camps built in Albania to be transferred to Italy, sources said, dealing a fresh blow to a plan by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to curb irregular sea arrivals.

The headquarters of private rail operator Hellenic Train were vandalized late Friday by a group of around 15 people, who smashed windows and hurled red paint at the building.

A forensic investigation into audio files from the night of Greece’s deadly Tempe train crash in central Greece in late February 2023 has found no evidence of tampered-with or missing recordings, according to an expert report submitted to the lead investigator in Larissa.

Authorities have announced the arrest of a suspect accused of setting up online auctions on social media to sell ancient Greek artifacts across multiple countries, including the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and Italy.

Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy Christos Stylianides visited the UK Department of Transport on Thursday and met with the parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Transport, Mike Kane, on the occasion of the signing of the “Memorandum of Understanding between Greece and the United Kingdom.”

The Greek merchant fleet increased by 0.6% in November 2024 compared with November 2023

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) has announced that the official reference interest rate will be set at 11.50%.

Opposition parties remain divided over the timing of a proposed no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the Tempe train crash in 2023, highlighting internal fractures within the center-left. Leftist SYRIZA is pushing for an immediate move, with party leader Sokratis Famellos rallying opposition leaders to act next week. Party officials argue that delaying […]

Three state-owned airports, at Ioannina and on Syros and Milos, obtained certification from the Civil Aviation Authority based on the EASA criteria on Friday. 

Olympiakos remained at the top of the Euroleague table via a hard-fought home win against Anadolu Efes.