Greek authorities have arrested a 58-year-old Polish national on suspicion of espionage after he was allegedly caught photographing sensitive naval activity near the Souda Bay military base in Crete.

Greece has finalized a €43 million ($46.8 million) contract to modernize seven Canadair CL-415 firefighting aircraft, a critical move to bolster the nation's defenses against increasingly destructive wildfire seasons.

Greece’s ruling New Democracy party has widened its lead in the latest opinion polls as the escalating conflict in the Middle East becomes a primary driver of voter sentiment and economic concern.

The wife of jailed Golden Dawn chief Nikos Michaloliakos and three other former members of the neo-Nazi party were ordered to prison Wednesday as an appeals court delivered its final verdict, permanently branding the group a criminal organization.