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1. Military parade marks Greece’s Independence Day

   The great military parade in downtown Athens marked the Greek independence Day, 205 years after the start of the revolution against the 400-year occupation by the Ottoman Empire on the symbolic data 25. March 1821. The grand military parade in front of the Parliament at Syntagma Square took place in the presence of the political […]

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2. Israeli official suggests purchasing Greek islands as “haven for Jewish people”

   A representative of Israel Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s “Kahol Lavan” party raised an initiative last week to purchase islands in Greece using money from the Jewish National Fund “for the good of the Jewish people.” Avri Steiner, a board member of a Jewish National Fund (JNF) subsidiary, proposed the purchasing Greek islands as a “safe […]

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3. First day of Tempi tragedy trial turns into fiasco

   The trial for the rail tragedy at Tempi on 28 February 2023 began in Larissa on Monday, March 23, with a fiasco amid protests by victims’ relatives and their lawyers over the adequacy of the space and the suitability of the venue adapted as a court room for the trial. 36 defendants and hundreds of […]

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4. Six arrests for issuing non-certified academic qualifications

   Six educational institutions, which issued non-certified academic qualifications, were identified by inspectors of the Directorate of Economic Crime (DEOS) of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE). As announced by AADE, inspections were carried out at educational institutions in the regional units of Attica, Chania (Crete) and Ioannina (western Greece), which provided education services by […]

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5. Authorities seize 3.5 tons of spoiled meat and fish bound for public hospitals

   Officials from the Attica Regional Authority have seized approximately 3.5 tons of meat and fish, some of it destined for public hospitals, after declaring the products unfit for human consumption. The facility was operating without a license. Following an anonymous complaint about conditions at the facility,  inspectors accompanied by police officers and a prosecutor raided […]

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