Donald Trump triumphed in the US presidential election, seemingly achieving the ultimate results – that is, to control both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

A few hundred people gathered outside the Gazi venue in central Athens on Friday ahead of the SYRIZA party congress, set to begin at 6.30 p.m., amid tensions over the congress’s delegate composition.

The driver of a car that collided with an electric scooter ridden by a 12-year-old boy, leaving him hospitalized in intensive care, told authorities Friday that she did not run a red light at an intersection in Athens’ Holargos suburb, insisting the boy crashed onto her vehicle. 

2024 is the first time in the history of modern democracy and universal suffrage that all incumbent parties in developed countries lost vote share.

The man found dead in a ravine in Malakasa, northeast of Athens, on Wednesday afternoon showed signs of strangulation, sources say. 

Temporary traffic restrictions will be in place on Vouliagmenis Avenue, a key route from central Athens to the southern seaside suburbs, starting Saturday and continuing until November 22 due to ongoing roadwork.

A 33-year-old woman, who was scheduled to testify from hospital on Friday regarding a recent explosion of an improvised device in an Athens apartment that left her severely injured and killed one man, has been granted a one-day extension for her statement to authorities after being deemed unfit to testify.

American singer-songwriter Luke Elliot returns to Athens for a one-night-only show at Gazarte’s Roof Stage (34 Voutadon).

President Tayyip Erdogan called Donald Trump a “friend” in welcoming his return to the White House, and invited him for a visit despite longstanding strains in Turkish-US ties including some rooted in Trump’s first term as president.

President Tayyip Erdogan sought to reset Turkey’s strained ties with the United States by inviting President-elect Donald Trump to visit, and said Trump spoke very positively about Turkey during a phone call.

The country’s green energy portfolio includes 15 gigawatts of wind and solar projects in operation and 15 GW of renewable projects that have reserved space on the grid.

A meeting on Friday in Athens between the foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey confirmed a positive shift in bilateral relations and a willingness to discuss longstanding differences between the two Aegean neighbors. As anticipated, however, the meeting offered little hope for an imminent breakthrough on fundamental differences.

The World Travel Market (WTM) in London was inaugurated on Tuesday by Minister of Tourism Olga Kefalogianni.

Greece’s anti-drug authorities have arrested two Greek men suspected of being part of a transnational crime ring exporting crystal meth and MDMA to Australia, police said.

Alternate National Economy and Finance Minister Nikos Papathanasis and Ontario Premier Doug Ford attended the Toronto Economic Forum on Thursday.

Traffic on Attiki Odos, the main ring road of the Greek capital, is currently experiencing delays between the Penteli and Metamorfosi interchanges, heading westbound towards Elefsina.

The average full-time adjusted salary in Greece for 2023 was €17,000, according to data released by Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, on Thursday.

In a sweeping move to curb traffic violations, Athens will install 388 cameras at major intersections across the Attica region to capture red-light violations, aiming to reduce accidents and enhance road safety.

Just hours before SYRIZA’s extraordinary congress, which could determine the future of the deeply divided opposition, former president Stefanos Kasselakis hinted at the possibility of forming a new party if he fails to regain control.

The businessworld, as well as key figures in the Greek economy, see Donald Trump’s election to the US presidency this week as an incentive for Europe to act at a faster pace in order to regain its competitiveness.