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Greece maintains global shipping dominance as “a pillar of EU security”

Greek shipping remains dominant in the global market accounting for a commanding presence in both tonnage and dominance in the EU. According to the recently unveiled Union of Greek Shipowners’ …

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Major human trafficking and baby adoption ring dismantled in Chania, Greece

Officers of the Greek Organised Crime department have successfully dismantled a criminal organisation operating in Chania, Greece, involved in human trafficking and illegal adoptions of babies. Two prosecutors are involved …

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Holidaymakers continue to leave in droves from Piraeus port, ahead of August 15 celebrations

Last-chance summer holidaymakers continued to leave in droves for the Greek islands on Sunday (Greece time), ahead of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary national holiday on Tuesday. Traffic to …

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Thirty-five more people charged after fatal stabbing of Greek football fan

Greek prosecutors on Sunday charged 35 more people in connection with the fatal stabbing of a young Greek football fan before a Champions League game, taking the total to face …

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ERT World’s Commemoration of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

In a meld of faith, tradition, and cultural richness, the Greek national broadcaster, ERT World, will curate a remarkable line-up of programming, accessible online, that aims to capture the essence …

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Seven Romanians arrested for arms possession ahead of Thursday’s Europa League match

Seven Romanians were arrested on the border between Greece and Bulgaria for weapons possession on Thursday as police continued to probe the fatal stabbing of a Greek football fan, officials …

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Greek police under fire over deadly football violence

Greek police were accused Wednesday of having ignored warnings about a convoy of Croatian football “hooligans” heading for Athens days before a Greek supporter was killed in clashes between fans. …

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Greek Australian volunteers in Rhodes say ‘if it weren’t for locals, the whole island would have burnt’

It took 11 days for the bushfires in the Greek island of Rhodes to be officially declared under control. Early estimates paint a bleak picture of over 200,000 acres burnt, …

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Eleven fires from 2017 to 2023 burned 23 per cent of Attica Region

Eleven large-scale fires in the Attica Region from 2017 to the end of July 2023 have destroyed over 55,000 hectares (550,000 stremmas), the National Observatory of Athens/meteo.gr said on Monday …

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Cyclists brave storms, in their London to Athens race for the Parthenon Sculptures make it to France

Vasiliki Voutzali and Dionisis Kartsambas from Greece, Steffen Streich from Germany, Christopher Ross Bennett from New Zealand, and Paul Alderson from Britain had, by Sunday, August 6 (Australian time), ridden 240 …

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