Barack and Michelle Obama to holiday in Greek island of Paros ahead of SNF Nostos
Former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will holiday on the Greek island of Paros, its mayor confirmed on Friday. According to the mayor, Paros has seen increased activity with dozens of Secret Service members of Obama’s security detail on the island. The local coast guard and police forces are also on alert. […]
EU needs a new pact on migration and asylum, says Tsipras in AlphaTV interview
The last thing “we should be doing is try to find ridiculous excuses when we have the biggest shipwreck in modern Greek history,” SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras noted in his interview to ALPHA TV’s main newscast on Friday evening. Greek coast guard vessels “were right there,” he added, “and yet the ship sunk.” Now, […]
Greek inflation slowed to 2.8% in May while food prices rose by 11.6%
The Greek inflation rate slowed further to 2.8% in May from 3.0% in April and 11.3% in May 2022, reflecing exclusively a sharp fall in energy prices, while food prices rose by 11.6% in the month, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Friday. More specifically, price increases were recorded in bread/cereals (11.1%), meat (11.9%), fish (5.2%), […]
Greece can play a leading role in new EU approach to mental health, Schinas says
Greece can play a leading role in the implementation of the EU’s new strategic approach to mental health, the Vice-President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas said on Thursday, in statements to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA). Schinas made the statements on the occasion of a meeting he had with agencies and mental health associations, […]
ND has a ‘secret agenda’ for the economy and spending cuts in health, Tsipras says
SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras accused rival New Democracy of having a “secret agenda in the economy and especially for public health,” in an unexpected press conference on economic issues held on Friday morning. “The time has come to reveal ND’s true programme,” Tsipras said in the press conference, called at the last minute on […]
Lost WWII submarine H.M.S. Triumph found in the deeps of the Aegean after 81 years
The lost British submarine “H.M.S. Triumph”, whose true fate had been shrouded in mystery ever since the vessel and its entire crew disappeared in 1942, has finally been discovered on the bed of the Aegean Sea by Greek researcher Kostas Thoktaridis and his team, after a search lasting roughly 25 years. The submarine had disappeared […]
Albanian man accused of raping Brit tourist, 20, in the sea in Rhodes insists it was consensual and says they ate at a restaurant afterwards as he is freed from custody but barred from leaving Greece
Rhodes: Albanian man, 23, has denied raping the British tourist after they spoke online The woman, 20, said the man raped her on Saturday and tried to do so again An Albanian man accused of raping a British tourist in the sea and attempting to do so again at her hotel in Rhodes has been […]
Migrant trafficking ring dismantled at Kos island
A criminal ring that was trafficking migrants from Türkiye to Europe was dismantled at the island of Kos, utilizing information relayed by the Greek Intelligence Service (EYP), it was reported on Tuesday. Seven foreign nationals were arrested and ten irregular migrants were identified; the latter had disembarked from an inflatable boat in the coastal area […]
Border guards found to be on the take
Evros: Five officers from the Didymoteicho Border Guard Department in northeastern Greece were arrested on Monday after a five-month investigation and charged with smuggling migrants from Turkey, authorities announced on Tuesday. Their activity is estimated to have started in October 2022 at the latest, with the investigation finding that in at least 12 cases they […]
British national killed by lightning while swimming on Rhodes
Rhodos: A 26-year-old British tourist died after he was struck by lightning while swimming during a thunderstorm in Aghia Agathi, eastern Rhodes on Monday.The tourist was on holiday and decided to stay in the water even after it started raining heavily, ignoring the exhortations of other swimmers to get out. The tragic incident occurred shortly […]