Seeking to curb an "epidemic" of phone scams, Greece is set to reclassify the defrauding of elderly citizens as a felony offense, Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis announced.
A new milestone has been reached in the shipbuilding programme of Navios, owned by Angeliki Frangou (pic), with Zhoushan Changhong International holding a steel-cutting ceremony for the company’s 11th 115,000-dwt crude oil and product tanker.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has delivered a pointed warning to Turkey, saying Ankara cannot maintain "an active threat of war" and challenges to Greek sovereignty while seeking closer ties with the European Union.
Spyros Chrysikopoulos, the famous Greek ultra-long-distance swimmer, made history by swimming the sea distance that separates Greece from Italy. According to his social media post, he started on Sunday, August 31st from Othonoi, the westernmost point of Greek territory in the Diapontia Islands, and arrived in Santa Maria di Leuca, on the tip of the Italian Salento peninsula, on Tuesday, September 1st.