Latest News from Greece
Police seize one ton of cannabis in ongoing crackdown
Authorities in Attica have launched a large-scale operation to bring down a gang believed to be behind a ton of cannabis found in a storage unit north of Athens.
Police have so far arrested six suspects and are seeking dozens more individuals believed to be involved in a large drug-smuggling racket that possibly stretches beyond Greece's border.
Two arrested for smuggling antiquities in northwestern Greece
Two men, aged 31 and 33, on Thursday faced a prosecutor in Preveza, northwestern Greece, on charges of illegally possessing and trading in ancient artifacts.
Searches of their homes on Wednesday turned up a large number of artifacts - chiefly amphorae but also coins, jewelry and religious icons - from various periods.
Fraport eyes boost in passenger numbers at Makedonia
Fraport has said that it intends to increase passenger traffic at Thessaloniki's Makedonia airport by 48 percent in the next decade, after 5.3 million passengers passed through Greece's second-largest airport last year.
"Thessaloniki is taking off," Fraport Greece said on Wednesday while presenting its plans for the biggest of the 14 airports it has leased in the country.
ELA unchanged for Greek banks
The European Central Bank maintained the cap on emergency liquidity assistance Greek banks draw from the domestic central bank at 51.8 billion euros, the Bank of Greece said on Thursday.
The move reflected stabilizing liquidity conditions in Greece's banking sector, taking into account private sector deposit flows, the Greek central bank said.
New Earthquakes Hit Albania, Greece, Turkey
The Balkan peninsula continues to be hit by earthquakes.
At noon on Thursday, new earthquakes were registered on its territory, reported Macedonian media Press 24, cited by Focus.
A 2.3-magnitude earthquake hit Greece. In Tirana, a 3.3-magnitude earthquake was registered. There were earthquakes in some Turkish cities as well.
Bad weather expected, EMY warns
Heavy rain, storms and strong winds were expected to hit various parts of Greece late Thursday, the country's National Meteorological Service (EMY), warned earlier in the day.
According to an emergency report filed by the service, bad weather was expected in the Ionian islands, Epirus, parts of Central Greece and the eastern Peloponnese and possibly Thessaly.
Greek Meteorological Services issue severe weather warning
The Greek Meteorological Services (EMY) has issued a severe weather warning staring from late Thursday. According to the emergency forecast, the weather will deteriorate substantially with heavy rainfalls, low temperatures, strong winds and topical hail storms until Sunday.
Refugees face 'appalling conditions' in Greece says aid group
The international aid group Doctors Without Borders says refugees at camps in Greece are still living in mostly "appalling conditions" with poor access to health care and a lack of provisions to identify the most vulnerable.
Aftershock activity continues in Ioannina
A mild earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale hit Ioannina, northwestern Greece, early on Thursday, the Athens-based Institute of Geodynamics reported.
According to the institute, the tremor was part of aftershock activity following a 5.2 earthquake that shook the area last Saturday.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage following Thursday's quake.
Greece struggles in its rule of law
Greece placed 41st out of 133 countries the world over, according to a the World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index, which ranks countries according to the way the rule of law is experienced by the general public.
Education Minister Filis: No plans to separate Church and State
Speaking to Skai TV, Education and Religious Affairs Minister Nikos Filis said the government had no plans to hold a referendum on the separation of Church and State.
Working 9-5 is no longer the norm
Part-time or shift work has now become the norm in the Greek labor market, accounting for six out of every 10 new jobs created last month, according to Labor Ministry figures that reveal unprecedented changes in the features of employment in Greece.
Rough justice
It is well known the world over that Greece's ability to uphold the law rates poorly.
Law-abiding citizens find themselves in the position to be able to confirm this fact on a daily basis, be it on the street, in public spaces, in court and in transactions with the state or private parties.
Mitsotakis says Pappas’s TV law will be abolished either way (video)
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of Greece’s major opposition party New Democracy (ND), underlined that the country was slipping into “an unprecedented institutional degeneration”, during his speech in parliament over the TV licences and the Supreme Court’s ruling on the case that effectively suspended the enactment of the law until its constitutionality was decided upon in a new meeting
Dogfights in Aegean amid tensions with Turkey
Turkish fighter jets entered Greece's air space Wednesday, prompting the response of two Greek aircraft, and leading to a dogfight between the two sides, the first such incident of its kind since a failed military coup in Turkey on July 15.