Greece’s Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, defended his government’s commitment to the rule of law on Tuesday. Mitsotakis hosted Roberta Metsola, the President of the European Parliament, as part of her tour of European Union capitals. Mitsotakis accused domestic opponents of tarnishing Greece’s
Farmers from around Greece were traveling to Athens in tractor convoys on Tuesday to demand more financial concessions from the government as the cost of living increases. Some 200 tractors formed the main convoy in central Greece heading southward, while thousands of
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister on Monday ruled out any further concessions to protesting farmers, on the eve of their planned rally that will see tractors converging on central Athens. Kyriakos Mitsotakis voiced hope that Tuesday’s protest in the capital
Explosives experts in northern Greece on Monday safely defused a parcel bomb that had been delivered to a senior judge at her courthouse office, police said. 4 KILLED IN SHOOTING AT GREEK SHIPPING COMPANY, INCLUDING SUSPECTED GUNMAN The judge in the country’s
Three people were fatally shot on Monday in the offices of a shipping company near Athens. The suspected gunman, believed to be a company employee, also took his own life. The shooting occurred in Glyfada, a seaside suburb of the capital. Three
Residents of the Greek island of Aegina have spent several days without drinkable water running in their homes after an alleged act of sabotage disabled an undersea pipeline from the mainland, authorities in Athens said Tuesday. GREEK POLICE ARREST 12 LEFT-WING PROTESTERS
Students occupying a law school during an exam period as a protest against government plans to allow private universities were removed from the building by police in northern Greece. A dozen people were arrested. A police statement said that the operation followed
There are a number of reasons that draw travelers to Greece, from the sun-soaked islands to the historically rich mainland. However, one of the best reasons is having the opportunity to savor the extraordinary cuisine that the nation proudly offers. Even if
Police and student protesters clashed in the center of the Greek capital on Thursday after a demonstration against government plans to allow private universities. Demonstrators in Athens attacked police cordons, set fire to trash dumpsters and threw stones at riot police near
Authorities have arrested two people after finding a large weapons cache in their home in northern Greece, police said Tuesday. HUMAN RIGHTS COURT CONDEMNS GREECE FOR IDING HIV-POSITIVE SEX WORKERS IN 2012 CRACKDOWN The two – a 54-year-old man and a 57-year-old