Nikos Papadopoulos, a religious-fundamentalist lawmaker from the nationalist Niki party, has been released from custody after being held under guard at the National Gallery for vandalizing four artworks by Christophoros Katsadiotis.

Police made multiple arrests during the February 28 clashes in Syntagma Square marking the two-year anniversary of the Tempe train disaster. Official judicial documents provide insight into the profiles of those detained.

The Panathenea Festival, to be staged in Athens from May 7-9, is not a revival of the ancient festival of Panathenaea, although it takes its inspiration from that one.

An artist “has the right to express his or her personal point of view, to react and, in so doing, ask the questions they want to ask, such as, for example, about war waged on the pretext of purity and justice under any given god,” Christophoros Katsadiotis, one of the artists whose work came under attack by a religious-fundamentalist lawmaker at the National Gallery in Athens on Monday, has told Kathimerini English Edition.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set to present the 12-year Long-Term Defense Armament Program (MPAE) in Parliament on Tuesday, outlining Greece’s strategic defense investments for the coming years.

We decided that it would be fun to go to the beach on Sunday morning.

A young martial arts student from Hania, Crete, has died after suffering a serious head injury during training.

The government has reaffirmed its commitment to building a subsea electric cable planned to link continental Europe to the East Mediterranean, following reports that the project was halted over financial and geopolitical concerns.

Minister of Defense Nikos Dendias, during an event for International Women’s Day organized by the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, announced that the Hellenic Armed Forces will begin the voluntary enlistment of women.

Experts examine what is driving the delayed anti-government backlash following Greece’s deadliest railway accident.

The National Gallery has announced its temporary closure following the attack on a number of art works by a religious-fundamentalist MP.

One in four houses in Attica, or a total of 526,154 properties, are closed or empty, as shown by the building stock census by ELSTAT in 2021.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday held his final meeting with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, whose term expires in three days.

Greece’s consumer price index fell to 2.5% in February on an annual basis, with prices easing slightly compared to January, according to data released Monday by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).

Nikos Androulakis, leader of the main socialist opposition party PASOK, has accused Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of shirking responsibility during last week’s censure motion debate on the government’s handling of the Tempe railway disaster two years ago..

Endy Zemenides, HALC’s executive director, joins Thanos Davelis to break down why the new bipartisan “Turkey Diplomatic Realignment Act” introduced in the House of Representatives matters, especially given Ankara’s record that shows it is increasingly at odds with Western security interests.

Nikolaos Papadopoulos, an MP from the ultra-Orthodox nationalist party Niki, has been arrested after storming the National Gallery in Athens, breaking protective glass, and attempting to seize artifacts, claiming they “offend religion.”

The National Economy and Finance Ministry is planning special teams that will look for ways to violate tax legislation and electronic systems.

Following recent Greek legislation allowing the establishment of non-state, not-for-profit universities in Greece, the University of York in the UK has announced its application to establish a European branch campus, named CITY, in the country.

The latest moves to create a “coalition of the willing” among European nations to support Ukraine may have been made inevitable by the shift in US policy; but this period of turmoil has left Greece trying to find its footing.