A 55-year-old man accused of attempting to burn his estranged wife alive in the city of Serres in northern Greece was ordered into pretrial detention after testifying before judicial authorities on Friday.

Olympiakos remains the runaway leader of the Euroleague table and Panathinaikos is now alone in third after the two Greek teams’ home wins.

The contract for the Ellinikon Mall on behalf of Lamda Development is, according to information, being sought by Avax, GEK Terna and METKA.

This spring the 8th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum (PSTF 2025) is set to bring together an elite assembly of global cruise industry leaders in Iraklio.

A court has set April 2 as the trial date for Filistor Destempasidis and Maria Marangeli, former protected witnesses in the Novartis bribery case, now facing charges of perjury and false accusations.

At the start of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ speech in Parliament, during the debate on a no-confidence motion over the government’s handling of the Tempe disaster, protesters in the visitors’ gallery threw flyers and loudly chanted “guilty,” briefly disrupting the session.

The week ended with a mixed picture on the Greek bourse.

A new MRB poll published by OPEN TV on Friday reveals that a majority of citizens favor early elections amid growing public resentment over the handling of the Tempe railway disaster.

The handling of the deadly fire that ravaged the coastal town of Mati, near Athens, in July 2018 cannot be an excuse for what went wrong at Tempe in the train crash in February 2023.

Three Mykonos residents with ties to the island’s tourism sector have been arrested for allegedly coordinating surveillance on a team of inspectors checking for building violations on the island. 

AADE has ordered the conduct of some 28,500 inspections over the course of the year.

Thousands of people have gathered in Syntagma Square for a new Tempe rally, coinciding with the ongoing debate on a motion of no confidence in Parliament.

Greece’s beaches are heavily polluted with cigarette butts and plastic waste, according to a WWF report. Volunteers collected an average of 464 pieces of trash per 100 meters of coastline – 20 times the EU’s threshold for clean beaches.

The ruling conservative New Democracy MP Dimitris Kyriazidis faces possible expulsion from the party after insulting Zoe Konstantopoulou, leader of the Course of Freedom party, during the final day of a three-day no-confidence debate against the government on Friday.

Hollywood stars arrived in Messinia on Wednesday for the filming of Odyssey, directed by Christopher Nolan.

Police responded to a potentially dangerous situation in the Athens suburb of Kallithea on Friday afternoon after a man armed with an axe threatened passersby before locking himself up inside an apartment.

Former Prime Minister and independent MP Antonis Samaras announced during a speech in Parliament that he will abstain from Friday’s no-confidence vote.

Authorities have suspended construction on Marathonisi, a protected islet off Zakynthos, following an inspection.

Keepers of stillness and prayer in a rapidly changing world, Greek Orthodox monks dedicate their lives to developing a deeper connection to the divine.