Greece is bracing for severe weather as the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY) warns of heavy rain, snow, and gale-force winds from Saturday onward. 

The US appeared to take a neutral stance amid reports that Turkey and Syria may sign an agreement on maritime boundaries that could undermine Cyprus’ sovereign rights.

Greens and Reds travelled well over Christmas and returned to Greece with precious road wins in Germany and Italy respectively.

The images of Athens’ main roads turning into torrents after a heavy downpour (the first of the year, despite it being December) highlight that the lessons of the climate crisis have largely gone unheeded.

Discussions over potential amendments to Greece’s electoral law came to the forefront during a meeting earlier in the month between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis, sources close to the talks confirmed.

Construction group Ellaktor’s decision to return 85 cents per share to shareholders galvanized the Greek stock market on Friday.

Even if Turkey wanted to keep a low profile, its greed would not allow it to.

Turkey has decided to allow parliament’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party to hold face-to-face talks with militant leader Abdullah Ocalan on his island prison, the party has said, setting up the first such visit in nearly a decade.

Police have said that from 10 p.m. Friday, it will be mandatory for all categories of cars to have snow chains on the entire road network in Attica, unless they have special tires for use in snow.

Young doctors who choose to train, in 2025, in either General/Family Medicine or Internal Medicine at hospitals with vacancies and no waiting list will receive a financial incentive of €40,000.

A Greek father has donated part of his liver to his 11-month-old daughter for transplantation surgery performed at a Turin hospital following two unsuccessful operations in Greece. 

Two-time Grand Slam finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas said on Friday he needs to break out of a rut and start afresh in 2025.

Turkish drone maker Baykar has bought Italian aircraft producer Piaggio Aerospace, Italy’s industry ministry has said, without disclosing financial details.

The Environment and Energy Ministry and the National Economy and Finance Ministry have co-announced the latest edition of a subsidy program supporting energy upgrades of homes.

Spyridon Moulopoulos, a pioneering cardiologist who performed the first coronary angiography in Greece and invented the intra-aortic balloon pump, has died, aged 98.

A coast guard officer suffered a minor head injury when a speedboat carrying 30 migrants rammed a coast guard vessel off the southeastern coast of the island.

Experts have issued a warning to individuals who came into contact with contaminated floodwaters on Poseidonos Avenue near Alimos in southern Athens on Christmas night.

Cyprus has signed an agreement to settle long-standing disputes over its international airports.

The commercial operation of two new gas turbine units has just begun at the Public Power Corporation Group power plant on Santorini.

Communicating with him was not easy. Syria’s state-run telecommunications network has collapsed. Metropolitan Ephraim of Aleppo and Alexandretta was, as Kathimerini learned, in a “secure location” in Aleppo.