The Greek Parliament voted on Wednesday to lift the parliamentary immunity of Zoe Konstantopoulou, leader of the Plefsi Eleftherias (Course of Freedom) party, following allegations against her stemming from a high-profile court case.

A 90-year-old man who went missing late Wednesday night in wintry conditions near Larissa, mid-northern Greece, has been found safe and well, authorities have announced. 

The Hellenic Police have solved the murder of a 23-year-old Afghan man, which took place in the early hours of July 11, 2024, in central Athens.

Traffic restrictions will be implemented on Panepistimiou Street, a major thoroughfare in central Athens, starting Saturday and lasting for one month to accommodate roadwork, Greek police has announced.

The European Union’s new commissioner for migration and internal affairs, Magnus Brunner, was in Athens on Thursday for policy talks with Greece, which has long been one of the major entry points into the bloc for migrants.

Greek police say they have arrested two women for allegedly stealing other passengers’ luggage from the baggage claim area in Athens’ international airport.

An 87-year-old man accused of stabbing his 79-year-old bedridden wife in Thessaloniki was remanded in custody on Thursday following his testimony before the examining magistrate.

Plans are under way to connect three popular ski resorts in northern Greece – Kaimaktsalan, Tria Pente Pigadia and Seli – through a revamped road network, in an initiative aimed at boosting the area’s popularity with visitors.

Increasing demand mainly thanks to the growth of tourism, rather than price increases, was the driving force behind the expansion in supermarket revenues in 2024, which approached 15 billion euros.

PASOK has nominated economist and former Interior Minister Tasos Giannitsis as its candidate for the Presidency of the Hellenic Republic.

A man accused of killing a 22-year-old fellow motorist while driving drunk on the southern Aegean island of Crete is facing additional charges for allegedly being under the influence of anti-psychotic medication when he got behind the wheel of his car.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has nominated New Democracy MP Nikitas Kaklamanis as the next speaker of parliament, government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis announced on Thursday.

All three of these materials are included in the list of Critical Raw Materials of the European Union.

New Democracy’s nomination of Parliament Speaker Konstantinos Tasoulas for president of the Hellenic Republic ensures unity in the governing party and calm in its electoral base, but veers from the customary practice of the last 30 years, whereby the country’s highest office was held by a person who did not hail from the same ideological camp as the ruling party. 

A woman convicted to 15 years in prison for throwing acid into 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.

Former AFL player Anthony Koutoufides is reportedly considering a bid for the Melbourne seat in the upcoming Australian federal election.

As artificial intelligence and robotics spur a global investment frenzy, a Greek startup from Thessaloniki, Progressive Robotics, is also drawing investor interest.

Ed Luce, the US national editor and columnist at the Financial Times, joins Thanos Davelis to look into Elon Musk’s recent posts supporting the far-right AfD in Germany and calling for an end to Keir Starmer’s government in the UK, whether he is speaking for President-elect Trump, and what the wider ramifications are for America’s allies in Europe.

Kosovo’s authorities on Wednesday said they had closed all so-called parallel institutions used by the country’s ethnic Serb minority and financially supported by neighboring Serbia, in a move condemned by the European Union.

The Ministry of Development has introduced an amendment to an unrelated bill currently under discussion in parliament regarding short-term property rentals.