Indians are cancelling holidays in popular resorts in Turkey and Azerbaijan after the countries supported Pakistan during its recent conflict with New Delhi, two booking firms said.

The official program kickoff for the production of Greek F-35 fighter jets will start in the coming weeks, Mara Motherway, Lockheed Martin vice president of Strategy and Business Development, told Kathimerini.

The Athens Taxi Drivers Union (SATA) has announced a three-hour work stoppage at Athens International Airport on Thursday, May 15, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., in protest over what it calls the “illegal Uber taxi stand” operating alongside the official taxi rank.

A clash between students and unidentified individuals broke out on Wednesday afternoon in the courtyard of a middle school in Evosmos, Thessaloniki, leaving five people with minor injuries.

The European Commission has appointed Johannes Hahn as its Special Envoy for Cyprus, underscoring the EU’s strong commitment to supporting the reunification of the island in line with UN Security Council resolutions and EU principles.

In summer 2023, Dimitris Marinelis spent days on the frontline of Europe’s biggest wildfire in northern Greece, protecting homes and setting up anti-fire zones as flames engulfed a forest. Like the others on his team, Marinelis has not been paid a cent for his work – he is among thousands of volunteer men and women firefighters who juggle day jobs with battling Greece’s devastating summer blazes.

The Athens Prosecutor’s Office has filed criminal charges against six individuals arrested on Tuesday in connection with the April 30 attack at the Athens Law School, which targeted a doctoral student. The charges include one felony and eight misdemeanors.

The Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) is in search of vehicles that are still circulating normally despite having been declared as not being used.

The construction of a controversial hydroelectric power unit in western Trikala may be quashed by the Environment Ministry after oversights were found in the licensing procedure. 

The Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation (INSETE) expressed cautious optimism on Tuesday about the continued upward trend of tourism in Greece this year.

A draft bill tabled by Foreign Affairs Minister George Gerapetritis will allow the country to stop or modify foreign investments that could negatively impact the country’s security.

Alan Makovsky, a senior fellow for the Center for American Progress and a former senior staffer with responsibility for Turkey on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joins Thanos Davelis as we break down whether the PKK’s decision to disband really marks a turning point for Turkey and the Kurds’ struggle for political and cultural rights.

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he believes Turkey’s practice of appointing state “trustees” to replace elected mayors will become a rare occurrence once the PKK militant group acts on its decision to disband.

A Greek appeals court has acquitted all 11 defendants in the electoral fraud trial linked to the far-right Spartans party. The defendants included former and current Spartans lawmakers, as well as jailed ex-Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris.

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An explosion occurred early Wednesday at the entrance of an apartment building housing Maximos Charakopoulos, a lawmaker from Greece’s ruling New Democracy party, in the Petralona district of Athens.

The number of irregular border crossings into the European Union fell by 27% in the first four months of 2025, reaching nearly 47,000, preliminary data from the EU’s border agency Frontex showed on Wednesday.

Competition in the 69th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off Tuesday, with sauna-loving Swedish entry KAJ gaining a place in the final and five countries going home after the first of two semifinals of the pan-continental music extravaganza.

A 48-year-old teacher at a private school in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, is under investigation after an 11-year-old student accused him of sexual harassment, police said.

Turkish police detained 97 students on Tuesday in Istanbul’s Bogazici University over a protest against an Islamic preacher’s conference on the campus, the city’s governor said.