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Worker steals €146,600 in cash from employer
A man has been arrested in northwestern Greece for allegedly stealing €146,600 in cash that his employer had stashed in a company warehouse, authorities said Tuesday. -
Man facing life term for girl’s rape arrested in Athens
A man who was on the run after being sentencted to life in prison over the rape of an underage girl three years ago has been arrested in central Athens, police said Tuesday. -
Trump visits Beijing desperate to prove his mastery of the art of the deal
Donald Trump could have been visiting Beijing next week from a position of strength. -
‘Highly dangerous’ Tithorea bank robbers seen as behind 10 more heists
Eight people arrested over a €217,000 armed bank heist in central Greece this week were members of a well-organized, “highly dangerous” gang involved in at least ten more bank robberies over the past four years, authorities said Tuesday. -
Notos department store in central Athens to close after 25 years
The Notos department store at the corner of Stadiou and Aiolou streets in central Athens will close on August 31 after the property owners decided not to renew the lease, the company said Tuesday. -
Toi & Moi co-founder Dimitris Papazafeiropoulos dies
Dimitris Papazafeiropoulos, a co-founder of Greek clothing brand Toi & Moi, has passed away, the company announced Tuesday. -
Opportunity for energy groups
Thanks to its location and LNG transportation, storage and gasification infrastructures, Greece has a special place in the US energy architecture for the wider region. -
Questions of unity hang over New Democracy party congress
The ruling New Democracy party heads into its 16th congress on May 15-17, facing renewed questions over internal unity after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned that some ministers prefer to operate in a “protected environment” rather than fully defend government policy. -
New look to Athens Metro Line 1 trains
The Transport Ministry presented on Tuesday the first fully rebuilt Athens Metro Line 1 (ISAP) train. -
Court acquits three over attack on dean in university
Three former Athens economics students were acquitted Tuesday of attacking and publicly humiliating their university’s dean in his office nearly six years ago, in an incident that shocked a country inured to political violence in academia.

