Emergency crews have responded to a gas leak in the Thermi suburb, southeast of Thessaloniki, in northern Greece. No injuries have been reported.

Greece’s Permanent Representative to the UN Evangelos Sekeris criticized Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure during the UN Security Council session on Ukraine on Thursday.

In an unusual act of vandalism, unknown individuals have stolen patches of grass from a children’s playground in the southern Athens suburb of Elliniko.

TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed on Thursday by Austrian advocacy group Noyb, which alleged the firms were unlawfully sending European Union user data to China.

Amid slow and deliberate restoration efforts, the listed iconic Attikon building complex on Stadiou Street in Athens inches toward revival, nearly 13 years after a devastating fire. 

The ruling class, and the political class in general, in Greece has been disturbed by the praise US President-elect Donald Trump heaped on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, recognizing Turkey’s intervention and involvement in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad as a positive development.

Deputy Foreign Minister Kostas Fragogiannis submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday, citing personal reasons.

Greek Australian artist Eirini Alligiannis is bringing her photography book “Art on the Wall” and a complementary exhibition to Sydney following a successful New York debut, The Greek Herald reports. The event is set for Friday, January 31, at 6.30 p.m. at The Shop Gallery in Glebe, NSW.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is traveling to Berlin on Friday to participate in the European People’s Party leaders’ summit.

Lena Argiri, the DC correspondent for state broadcaster ERT and Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis to look into US President Biden’s decision to include Cyprus in three critical US defense programs, a major development that paves the way for the incoming Trump administration to take the US-Cyprus relationship to new heights.

Authorities in Turkey arrested a mayor from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) early on Friday, after prosecutors accused him of rigging public tenders, an accusation his party dismisses as politically motivated.

Cyprus on Thursday hailed US President Joe Biden’s memorandum allowing military sales, including arms, to the island as a milestone affirming recognition as a pillar of stability in the east Mediterranean region which has been fraught with conflict.

At least 30 people have died in Istanbul over the past three days after drinking bootleg alcohol, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported Thursday, as authorities intensified a crackdown on counterfeit drinks.

The European Union’s top migration official said Thursday that deportations were a key priority for the bloc’s executive branch, as Greece grapples with a high number of people arriving illegally across the country’s borders.

Insurers and service providers will soon be obliged to publish their rates and increases.

In the 1970s, German photographer Anna Wich (1949-1998) captured the pulse of Athens with a poetic eye, even in its gritty corners.

A woman sentenced to 15 years in prison for throwing acid in the face of another woman has dropped her appeal against the ruling, claiming that this is the only way she can actively show remorse for the 2020 attack that left her victim with debilitating physical and emotional scars.

Greece’s presidential election process begins Saturday, January 25, with Parliament Speaker Konstantinos Tasoulas expected to secure the post by the fourth round on February 12, requiring a simple majority of 151 votes.

Greece has been chosen as the base of one of two hubs of the European Union’s secure satellite telecommunications program GOVSATCOM. 

Cypriots who lost their savings during the 2013 banking crisis will finally begin receiving compensation this May.