7+ hour, 57+ min ago   (402+ words) Thousands of people gathered Sunday evening outside the Holy Trinity Church in the Athens suburb of Nikaia to pay their final respects to popular singer Giorgos Mazonakis, who died Wednesday at the age of 54. The gathering, described as an overnight…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (103+ words) eKathimerini.com Athens International Airport is reassessing the plan for the expansion of its facilities, adopting a gradual approach and canceling the tender This strategy aims to limit the impact on the operational and commercial operation of the airport, while…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (161+ words) Three stations on Athens Metro Line 3 will close early Thursday as rail replacement work continues between Eleonas and Monastiraki, transport authorities said. Eleonas, Kerameikos and Monastiraki stations will close at 9.40 pm, about 2.5 hours before normal service ends. The temporary measures,…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (153+ words) eKathimerini.com Greek pop star Giorgos Mazonakis, who also enjoyed a strong following among the Greek diaspora, has died of a heart attack after being rushed to a hospital in Athens. He was 54. Mazonakis, who grew up in the Piraeus…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (143+ words) Four police officers will stand trial over the fatal stabbing in April 2024 of Kyriaki Griva, 28, outside the Agioi Anargyroi police station, a judicial council ruled on Tuesday. The man convicted of the killing, her former partner, was sentenced to life…...

6+ day, 14+ min ago   (106+ words) eKathimerini.com A 40-year-old Polish man was sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for three years, after accidentally starting a fire while barbecuing outdoors in Epanomi, near Thessaloniki in northern Greece Firefighters were called to extinguish the blaze, which…...

1+ week, 25+ min ago   (123+ words) eKathimerini.com A traffic police clampdown across the greater Athens region over the past week resulted in nearly 7,000 road-rule violations and 40 arrests, police said. From last Monday night to Monday morning, officers recorded 6,994 violations, mainly for speeding, failure to wear…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (122+ words) Greece’s Air Force has identified the two pilots who died when their F-4E Phantom II fighter jet crashed during an air show in Tanagra, north of Athens, on Saturday. They are Major Ioannis Blesias, 40, and Captain Dimitrios Petrou, 37. According to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (137+ words) eKathimerini.com Greece will take part for the first time in the OECD’s PISA financial literacy assessment in 2029, testing 15-year-olds’ economic knowledge against peers, the ministry said The move aligns with a government push, backed by Prime Minister Kyriakos…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (117+ words) eKathimerini.com Greek President Konstantinos Tassoulas expressed his condolences Saturday following the deaths of two Air Force officers whose F-4E Phantom II fighter jet crashed during an air show in Tanagra, north of Athens “I express my deepest sorrow for…...