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1. Crete: Father guns down young man he held responsible for his son’s death

   “I did what I had to do!” With these words a 54-year-old man on the island of Crete turned himself to police shortly after he gunned down a young man he held responsible for the death of his son in a traffic accident three years ago. “My life stopped on 20-10-2023,” he allegedly told the […]

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2. Three stations of Athens Metro Line 2 to close earlier May 5-21

   Three metro stations of Line 2 will close 2.5 hours early each night from Tuesday, May 5, until Thursday, May 21, 2026, the managing company Urban Rail Transport (STASY) announced. The Line 2 metro stations ‘Attiki’, ‘Stathmos Larisis’ and ‘Metaxourgeio’ will close earlier, due to ongoing works on the rail lines and to install a […]

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3. Ryanair threatens to close its base at Thessaloniki airport, N. Greece

   Local bodies, tourism entrepreneurs and workers in the aviation industry are highly concerned about the possibility that low-cost airline Ryanair will terminate the operation of its base at “Macedonia” airport in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. The possibility of Ryanair closing its base at Macedonia Airport from next autumn, after the end of the summer season, has […]

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4. Greece to regulate use of e-scooters after multiple accidents by minors (POLL)

   Greece plans to legislate in order to regulate the use of electric scooters after multiple accidents by minors in the last couple of days that included the death of an 13-year-old boy. The plan was revealed by Citizen Protection Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis in an interview with Mega TV on Tuesday morning. “We are trying […]

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5. Greece talks Defense, Regional Stability with German FM

   Greece and Germany deepened their relations and talked about defense, regional stability and an enhanced the role of Europe in the Middle East war during the visit Foreign Minister Johann Wadepuhl The German FM used the opportunity to complain about the exclusion of German companies from the Greek armament programs. Top on the agenda of […]

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