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Woman confesses to killing three infants, sources say

Woman confesses to killing three infants, sources say

A 25-year-old woman has confessed to the murders of three infants, Kathimerini r...

Turkey’s youngest oil wrestlers keep a 14th-century tradition alive

Turkey’s youngest oil wrestlers keep a 14th-century tra...

On a grass field slick with olive oil and steeped in tradition, hundreds of boys...

Maritime security firms launch mission to save crew of Greek vessel hit by Houthis, sources say

Maritime security firms launch mission to save crew of ...

Maritime security firms launched a mission on Wednesday to evacuate the crew of ...

ND mulling its own investigation proposal for OPEKEPE scandal

ND mulling its own investigation proposal for OPEKEPE s...

Ruling New Democracy is considering submitting its own proposal regarding the OP...

Greece rescues over 500 migrants off southern island of Gavdos

Greece rescues over 500 migrants off southern island of...

Greece rescued more than 500 migrants from a fishing vessel south of the country...

A church bombing leads Syria’s Christians to consider leaving as foreign fighters remain

A church bombing leads Syria’s Christians to consider l...

The day after last month’s deadly suicide attack on a church outside Syria’s cap...

Turkey blocks X’s Grok content for alleged insults to Erdogan, religious values

Turkey blocks X’s Grok content for alleged insults to E...

A Turkish court on Wednesday blocked access to some content from Grok, developed...

Greek PM to brief Parliament on migration surge from Libya

Greek PM to brief Parliament on migration surge from Libya

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to brief Parliament on Wednesday ...

Police raid Greek farm subsidy agency in EU funds probe

Police raid Greek farm subsidy agency in EU funds probe

Financial crimes investigators from the Hellenic Police (ELAS) raided the office...

Breaking down the runup to the big OPEKEPE showdown

Breaking down the runup to the big OPEKEPE showdown

A massive 3,000-page case file and dozens of wiretap transcripts are at the cent...

Millions lost annually as beaches fail to provide wheelchair access

Millions lost annually as beaches fail to provide wheel...

Greece loses an estimated €57 million annually due to limited beach access for p...

Merkel’s reflections on the Greek debt crisis

Merkel’s reflections on the Greek debt crisis

Iliana Magra, a journalist with Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis as we dig into...

Erdogan vows to protect PKK disarmament process, says ‘bloody shackles’ being cast off

Erdogan vows to protect PKK disarmament process, says ‘...

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey would not allow any attem...

Feta company going global

Feta company going global

The successful penetration of Greek yogurt in the international market, besides ...

Turkish man injures himself after court green-lights deportation

Turkish man injures himself after court green-lights de...

A Turkish national injured himself in the neck on Tuesday after his request not ...

Buyers from abroad eye winter homes

Buyers from abroad eye winter homes

Greece is becoming a destination for acquiring holiday homes even in less promin...

Two Athens archaeological sites slated for facelift

Two Athens archaeological sites slated for facelift

The Culture Ministry is undertaking a major redesign and restoration of the Anci...

Woman who mistakenly received wrong blood transfusion dies

Woman who mistakenly received wrong blood transfusion dies

A 62-year-old woman who was mistakenly given a blood transfusion intended for an...

Death toll from Red Sea attack on Greek-owned vessel rises to three

Death toll from Red Sea attack on Greek-owned vessel ri...

The number of fatalities from Monday evening’s drone and speedboat attack on the...

Turkey’s TPAO buys two drillship from Norway 

Turkey’s TPAO buys two drillship from Norway 

Turkey’s state oil company TPAO has purchased two more drilling ships rom Norawa...

Authorities shut Acropolis due to high temperatures

Authorities shut Acropolis due to high temperatures

Authorities closed the Acropolis for several hours Tuesday due to high temperatu...

The cost of a disastrous routine

The cost of a disastrous routine

The illegal farm subsidy story is yet another revelation of the chronic dysfunct...

Man fined €50,000 for killing kitten in Thessaloniki

Man fined €50,000 for killing kitten in Thessaloniki

A 34-year-old man has been fined €50,000 by authorities in Thessaloniki after fo...

Thessaloniki prosecutor orders probe into radioactive waste dumping

Thessaloniki prosecutor orders probe into radioactive w...

The Thessaloniki Prosecutor’s Office has ordered an urgent preliminary investiga...

How Germans see Greece: Sun, sea and a selective memory

How Germans see Greece: Sun, sea and a selective memory

There exists a striking asymmetry in the study of public opinion concerning Germ...

Cretan authorities overwhelmed as 2,000 migrants arrive in two days

Cretan authorities overwhelmed as 2,000 migrants arrive...

Cretan authorities are struggling to accommodate the rapidly increasing number o...

Heatwaves expose class faultlines

Heatwaves expose class faultlines

As heatwaves grow more frequent and intense, their unequal impact on city dwelle...

OPEKEPE imposed a salary suspension on the key witness who exposed the scam

OPEKEPE imposed a salary suspension on the key witness ...

A 20-day salary suspension has been imposed by the management of Greece’s farm s...

Euronext’s initial offer for Hellenic Exchanges considered low

Euronext’s initial offer for Hellenic Exchanges conside...

Most participants in the Greek capital market, the business world and the govern...

Eastern Libya declares EU delegation, including Greek minister, ‘persona non grata’ over Tripoli visit

Eastern Libya declares EU delegation, including Greek m...

The eastern Libyan government, headed by de facto ruler Field Marshal Khalifa Ha...

Wild Crete: The uncharted world of Sfakia

Wild Crete: The uncharted world of Sfakia

Discover remote Sfakia in Crete with ancient trails, wild nature, White Mountain...

Kurdish PKK militants to begin handing over arms in Iraq on Friday, Turkish media reports

Kurdish PKK militants to begin handing over arms in Ira...

Militant fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) will begin handing over w...

Storms and fires hit Balkan countries following extreme summer heat

Storms and fires hit Balkan countries following extreme...

A severe hail storm ripped up trees and roofs in Croatia on Tuesday, while an em...

A ‘profile’ for each realty asset

A ‘profile’ for each realty asset

The first major step towards limiting tax evasion on income from real estate and...

Athens to close Lycabettus Hill on Wednesday due to heatwave

Athens to close Lycabettus Hill on Wednesday due to hea...

The Municipality of Athens has announced that due to the extremely high temperat...

Where do we go from here with Libya?

Where do we go from here with Libya?

The maritime delimitation agreement signed between Turkey and Libya in November ...

One in six riders caught without helmet in first week of police crackdown

One in six riders caught without helmet in first week o...

Traffic police recorded widespread violations during the first week of intensifi...

ATHEX: Index reaches yet another 15-year peak

ATHEX: Index reaches yet another 15-year peak

Banks led another stock rally at Athinon Avenue on Tuesday, with the benchmark h...

Students and ‘students’

Students and ‘students’

So-called “eternal” university students – those who are still enrolled years aft...

Houthi rebels release video of attack on Greek ship Magic Seas

Houthi rebels release video of attack on Greek ship Mag...

Houthi rebels in Yemen have released a video showing their attack on the Greek-o...

Angela Merkel unplugged

Angela Merkel unplugged

The human face of Angela Merkel was revealed to the Greek public during her brie...

The 12-day war and the dead horse theory

The 12-day war and the dead horse theory

The 12-day war between Israel and Iran was a typical Middle Eastern conflict, ch...

Art treasures from the Bank of Greece

Art treasures from the Bank of Greece

The Municipal Gallery of Hania, Crete, is showcasing 99 works from the Bank of G...

OLP shareholders approve dividend

OLP shareholders approve dividend

The annual general meeting of shareholders of Piraeus Port Authority was held on...

Infants murder suspect ‘possessed by demons’

Infants murder suspect ‘possessed by demons’

A 25-year-old woman, identified as Eirini Mourtzoukou, appeared before a prosecu...

ECOFIN approves Bulgaria’s entry into the Eurozone

ECOFIN approves Bulgaria’s entry into the Eurozone

Bulgaria will in six months’ time become the 21st member-state of the eurozone, ...

Israel’s deadly assault on Iran prison incites fury, even among dissidents

Israel’s deadly assault on Iran prison incites fury, ev...

Ceilings, walls and wooden cabinets collapsed into heaps of jagged debris in the...

Greece in favor of digital euro, says finance minister

Greece in favor of digital euro, says finance minister

The digital euro issue was at the core of the discussion at the ECOFIN meeting i...

US Coast Guard renews Greece’s quality flag status

US Coast Guard renews Greece’s quality flag status

The US Coast Guard has renewed Greece’s participation in the Qualship 21 initiat...

Bond issue being put off until September

Bond issue being put off until September

The Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) does not intend to issue another bond u...

Benghazi expels EU migration envoys

Benghazi expels EU migration envoys

Eastern Libya’s government expelled four European Union officials from Benghazi ...

Teens arrested for vicious knife attack in southern Athens

Teens arrested for vicious knife attack in southern Athens

Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, in conn...

US Senate committee reviews Guilfoyle for Athens embassy

US Senate committee reviews Guilfoyle for Athens embassy

Kimberly Guilfoyle, nominated by President Donald Trump as the next US ambassado...

Postgraduate boom raises questions on standards

Postgraduate boom raises questions on standards

The number of postgraduate students in Greece has tripled in 15 years, reaching ...

Searching for boundaries in the AI jungle

Searching for boundaries in the AI jungle

Stamatis Gatirdakis, co-founder and president of the Ethikon Institute, still re...

Greece plans strategic submarines to counter Turkish naval expansion

Greece plans strategic submarines to counter Turkish na...

Greece is set to enhance its naval capabilities with new submarines capable of l...

Online seminar to guide Greeks abroad on taxation, business, and relocation procedures

Online seminar to guide Greeks abroad on taxation, busi...

An online information seminar aimed at Greeks living abroad will take place on W...

Stournaras: Greece is bridging its investment gap

Stournaras: Greece is bridging its investment gap

Greece is gradually closing the investment gap that has long set it apart from t...

Haircut for Swiss franc loans

Haircut for Swiss franc loans

A special program for all loans in Swiss francs that their borrowers want to con...

Young people, politics and Europe

Young people, politics and Europe

The future of the European Union and its member-states depends on their young ci...

Crew of Greek ship hit off Yemen safe but vessel risks sinking, operator says

Crew of Greek ship hit off Yemen safe but vessel risks ...

The 19-member crew of a Greek bulk carrier severely damaged in the Red Sea by re...

Istanbul mayor’s jailed lawyer denounces ‘fabricated’ charges

Istanbul mayor’s jailed lawyer denounces ‘fabricated’ c...

The lawyer for Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who like the mayor is in jail unde...

Leros: The underrated Greek island that has it all

Leros: The underrated Greek island that has it all

Discover Leros, a hidden Greek island where untouched beauty, wartime history, a...

Cyprus goes high-tech in search for people missing from past conflict

Cyprus goes high-tech in search for people missing from...

A UN-backed commission investigating mass disappearances in Cyprus is deploying ...

Confessions in a drama with a happy end

Confessions in a drama with a happy end

Germany’s former chancellor spoke openly about her relationship to Greece, key m...

‘Eternal students’ to get one final chance to graduate

‘Eternal students’ to get one final chance to graduate

A new “last chance” provision for so-called “eternal students” was introduced du...

Houthi rebels claim attack on Greek bulk carrier Magic Seas

Houthi rebels claim attack on Greek bulk carrier Magic ...

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed Sunday’s attack on a Greek-owned, Liberian-fl...

Greeks priced out of domestic housing market, study finds

Greeks priced out of domestic housing market, study finds

The significant recovery of the Greek real estate market has resulted in a rate ...

Two missing teenagers found dead in Xanthi river

Two missing teenagers found dead in Xanthi river

Two teenagers who had been missing since Sunday afternoon in Xanthi, northern Gr...

Explosion on Greek-owned LPG Tanker in Russian port

Explosion on Greek-owned LPG Tanker in Russian port

An explosion aboard the Eco Wizard, a Greek-owned LPG tanker, has triggered an a...

Gov’t launches DEI training initiative for private-sector employees

Gov’t launches DEI training initiative for private-sect...

Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Domna Michailidou has announced the launc...

1,200 migrants detained in three days as arrivals from Libya surge

1,200 migrants detained in three days as arrivals from ...

Authorities say more than 1,200 migrants have been detained on Crete and the nea...

Woman arrested in connection with infant deaths in Amaliada

Woman arrested in connection with infant deaths in Amal...

A 25-year-old woman has been arrested by the police in connection with the death...

Father and son convicted of assaulting cemetery worker during exhumation

Father and son convicted of assaulting cemetery worker ...

A father and son have been convicted of violently assaulting a municipal cemeter...

European prosecutor seeks indictment of 13 in OPEKEPE subsidy fraud case

European prosecutor seeks indictment of 13 in OPEKEPE s...

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office has recommended the indictment of 13 ind...

A Europe of good intentions and little action

A Europe of good intentions and little action

One question about the Greek economic crisis that we’ll never know the answer to...

5.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off eastern Crete

5.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off eastern Crete

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 8:45 p.m. on Monday, off the eastern ...

Cutting the cord

Cutting the cord

The OPEKEPE subsidy fraud case stokes public cynicism toward the political syste...

Two crew killed in another attack on Greek-owned ship in Red Sea

Two crew killed in another attack on Greek-owned ship i...

A second attack on a Liberia-flagged, Greek-operated bulk carrier in the Red Sea...

New gas discovery reaffirms Cyprus’ energy potential, Christodoulides say

New gas discovery reaffirms Cyprus’ energy potential, C...

The new discovery of natural gas in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in off...

ATHEX: Mixed session keeps index in the black

ATHEX: Mixed session keeps index in the black

The Greek stock market is gradually winding down to summer mode.

Cartoon (07/05/2025)

Cartoon (07/05/2025)

Summer sales to begin next Monday

Summer sales to begin next Monday

Greece’s summer sales season will kick off on July 14 and run through August 30,...

Pierrakakis to attend ECOFIN meeting

Pierrakakis to attend ECOFIN meeting

Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis is in Brussels, where on Tuesday he will a...

‘We can’t pour state money into a black hole’

‘We can’t pour state money into a black hole’

Nicosia is under growing pressure from both Greece and Brussels to commit funds ...

Is Greece attractive to foreign investors?

Is Greece attractive to foreign investors?

A host of government ministers and other officials, experts and market leaders w...

Stournaras: Greece bridging investment gap with EU

Stournaras: Greece bridging investment gap with EU

Greece is gradually closing the investment gap that has long set it apart from t...

Suspects in teen rape case to face court on Monday

Suspects in teen rape case to face court on Monday

Four defendants will appear in court Monday in connection with the alleged sexua...

Greece rescues hundreds of migrants over weekend off islands of Gavdos and Crete

Greece rescues hundreds of migrants over weekend off is...

Greece has rescued hundreds of migrants off its southern islands of Gavdos and C...

Fire on Mount Parnitha quickly contained

Fire on Mount Parnitha quickly contained

A wildfire that broke out early on Monday in a forested area of Mount Parnitha, ...

How the EU subsidy scandal unraveled

How the EU subsidy scandal unraveled

The investigation that first revealed widespread fraud in the Greek agricultural...

Tempe inquiry: Ex-transport minister to submit written memo

Tempe inquiry: Ex-transport minister to submit written ...

Parliament’s preliminary inquiry committee investigating the deadly train disast...

Silence falls where children once laughed

Silence falls where children once laughed

The final bell rang at the elementary school of Drakotrypa, a remote mountain vi...

Turkish prosecutor launches probe into main opposition leader, broadcaster NTV reports

Turkish prosecutor launches probe into main opposition ...

A Turkish prosecutor launched an investigation on Monday into main opposition le...

A man is injured in a struggle with an escaped lion in southern Turkey

A man is injured in a struggle with an escaped lion in ...

A farmer was seriously injured when he was attacked by a lion that had escaped a...

Explosive device likely damaged Greek tanker off Libya last week, operator says

Explosive device likely damaged Greek tanker off Libya ...

An external explosive device most likely caused the blast that damaged Greek oil...

Former transport minister denies wrongdoing in deadly Tempe train crash

Former transport minister denies wrongdoing in deadly T...

Former transport minister Kostas A. Karamanlis on Monday denied any wrongdoing i...

Over 200 migrants rescued off Gavdos

Over 200 migrants rescued off Gavdos

About 230 undocumented migrants aboard two vessels were rescued south of Gavdos,...

OPEKEPE scandal and Tempe inquiry top political agenda

OPEKEPE scandal and Tempe inquiry top political agenda

The scandal involving alleged misuse of EU agricultural funds continues to grow,...

US expands military footprint in Greece as priorities evolve

US expands military footprint in Greece as priorities e...

The United States has increased its use of key military facilities in Greece, in...

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