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Greece to create new marine reserves to protect underwater wildlife

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday said that his government was creating two new protected marine areas, fulfilling a promise he made at a United Nations conference on the …

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Greek weather service issues new heatwave warning

Greece’s weather service EMY on Sunday issued a warning for a new heatwave set to affect the country for the entire week. The heatwave will begin on Monday, will peak …

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Names revealed of two people arrested for the rape of a 14-year-old girl in Piraeus

The identities and photographs of two individuals arrested for the rape of a 14-year-old girl in Piraeus have been released by order of the Piraeus Prosecutor’s Office. The arrests took …

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Ellinikon’s Riviera Tower to become Greece’s tallest skyscraper by 2026

The Riviera Tower is set to become Greece’s tallest building and is now past the halfway mark at impressive 113 metres and will reach a final height of 200 metres. …

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Five suspects arrested in murder case of UC Berkeley professor, including his ex-wife

Greek police have arrested five people in the case of murdered University of California, Berkeley professor Przemyslaw Jeziorski, including his ex-wife and her current partner. Arrest warrants were issued for …

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Athens appeals court finds Petros Filippidis guilty of attempted rape

The Athens Court of Appeal has upheld the initial verdict against actor Petros Filippidis, unanimously finding him guilty of two attempted rapes against female colleagues. The President of the Athens …

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Greece ranks third, Cyprus first for Europe’s cleanest swimming waters

Greece and Cyprus both have some of Europe’s cleanest coastlines, according to the European Environment Agency’s annual bathing-water assessment for 2024. The report shows that 97 per cent of Greece’s …

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Patras forensic service hit with raid following revelations from Mourtzoukou case

Senior officials from the Ministry of Justice, accompanied by police forces, conducted a raid on the Patras forensic service in western Greece on Monday amid its suspension of operations following …

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Polish UC Berkeley professor found killed near ex-wife’s home in Athens

University of California, Berkeley professor Przemyslaw Jeziorski is the man gunned down by an unknown perpetrator in Athens on Friday 4 July, found in the vicinity of his ex-wife’s home …

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Greece among five EU states to test age-check app to protect children online

Five EU countries including Greece will test an app aimed at preventing children from accessing harmful content online by checking users’ ages, the European Commission said Monday. Several European nations …

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