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NEWS CRIME, PRISONS, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1312099/the-signs-of-an-impending-disaster/ ekath-1312099 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:01:24 +0000 Now that the belief that fires are started to create wind farms is dying out, the next conspiracy theory will emerge that wind turbines start fires. OPINION ENERGY, WILDFIRE, OPINION Paschos Mandravelis Paschos Mandravelis https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/diaspora-politics/1311979/a-greece-far-from-home-united-by-lacrosse/ ekath-1311979 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:00:48 +0000 What seemed like an ordinary youth lacrosse final in Pennsylvania became something larger for a team of 25 players under 15, representing Greece.  DIASPORA COMMUNITY, DIASPORA, SPORTS, POLITICS Marianna Kakaounaki Marianna Kakaounaki https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1312221/us-congressmen-urge-rubio-to-prioritise-gsi-power-link-project/ ekath-1312221 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:32:19 +0000 US congressmen Brad Schneider and Gus Bilirakis have led a bipartisan group urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US International Development Corporation CEO Ben Black to prioritize the Great Sea Interconnector, intended to link the power networks of Greece and Cyprus, to strengthen coordination and partnerships in the Eastern Mediterranean.   FOREIGN AFFAIRS CYPRUS, ENERGY, ISRAEL, POLITICS, FOREIGN AFFAIRS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1312211/smugglers-trafficked-drugs-inside-boxes-of-toys/ ekath-1312211 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:02:12 +0000 Police on Crete said Tuesday they have broken a drug-smuggling ring that sent at least 12 kilograms of marijuana and half a kilo of cocaine across the country hidden inside boxes of toys by parcel delivery service. NEWS DRUGS, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/1312142/%cf%84hese-things-cannot-be-rebuilt/ ekath-1312142 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:42:09 +0000 “This is the first time I’m going to a festival that will be like a funeral,” says Petros Meidanis, a resident of Vilia, who helps us find old photos of the area. ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT, WILDFIRE, NEWS, IN DEPTH, SOCIETY Dimitris Rigopoulos Dimitris Rigopoulos https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1312209/another-minor-on-crete-hospitalised-after-drinking-at-festival-2-arrests/ ekath-1312209 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:23:05 +0000 Two people have been arrested on the southern island of Crete for allegedly allowing an under-age boy get so drunk at a traditional festival that he required hospital treatment, police said Tuesday. NEWS CRIME, YOUNG PEOPLE, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1312208/16-year-old-held-over-e40000-phone-scam/ ekath-1312208 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:45:31 +0000 Two people - including a 16-year-old boy - have been arrested in western Greece on suspicion of belonging to a phone fraud gang that stole some €40,000 from elderly people in the area. NEWS FRAUD, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1312207/two-boats-carrying-more-than-200-tourists-collide-off-antipaxos/ ekath-1312207 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:02:08 +0000 Two boats carrying tourists collided Tuesday off the western island of Antipaxi, but no severe injuries were reported and both vessels remained afloat and seaworthy, authorities said. NEWS ACCIDENT, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/sports/1312206/teenager-on-greek-u16-basketball-team-lashes-out-at-racist-abuse/ ekath-1312206 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:37:32 +0000 A Greek-Nigerian teenager in the country's under-16 women's national team at the European championships in northern Greece has lashed out at racist abuse she says she has suffered in her country. SPORTS BASKETBALL, SPORTS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1312204/3rd-suspect-in-athens-bank-arson-deaths-remanded-pending-trial/ ekath-1312204 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:15:37 +0000 A Greek woman extradited from Britain to face charges of involvement in an arson attack at an Athens bank that killed three people during a 2010 anti-austerity protest was remanded in prison Tuesday pending trial. NEWS CRIME, CRISIS, MARFIN BANK ATTACK, PROTEST, NEWS, POLITICS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1312202/body-found-in-burnt-car-during-operation-to-extinguish-wildfire-east-of-athens/ ekath-1312202 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:47:50 +0000 A body was found in a burnt-out car during efforts to put out a brush fire near the town of Spata east of Athens Tuesday, authorities said. NEWS WILDFIRE, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1312196/mitsotakis-lightly-injured-in-cycling-accident-on-crete/ ekath-1312196 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:20:58 +0000 Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been briefly treated at a hospital in the Cretan city of Hania for minor injuries sustained during a cycling accident, reports said Tuesday. NEWS ACCIDENT, KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1312186/freight-train-carriage-containing-fuel-derails-no-injuries-leak/ ekath-1312186 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:57:11 +0000 A freight train carriage containing liquid fuel derailed at a station in northern Greece Tuesday but no injuries were reported. NEWS ACCIDENT, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1312181/much-of-greece-faces-very-high-wildfire-risk-wednesday/ ekath-1312181 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:26:05 +0000 A large slice of the eastern Greek mainland and most of the Aegean Sea islands face a very high risk of wildfire Wednesday, civil protection authorities warned. NEWS WILDFIRE, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1312179/top-court-ends-years-long-prosecution-of-former-elstat-head/ ekath-1312179 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Greece’s top court has fully acquitted the former president of the country’s statistics agency ELSTAT, Andreas Georgiou, for alleged breach of duty, ending a 15-year judicial ordeal that was repeatedly denounced by international statistics bodies.  ECONOMY JUSTICE, POLITICS, STATISTICS, ECONOMY Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/1312120/government-eyes-fall-reset-after-summer-blazes/ ekath-1312120 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:48:02 +0000 Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set to return to the Maximos Mansion next week to plan the final months before elections, as his government emerges from a summer recess dominated by wildfires. POLITICS KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, NEW DEMOCRACY, POLITICS Stavros Papantoniou Stavros Papantoniou https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1312178/teen-convicted-of-killing-karditsa-singer/ ekath-1312178 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:46:00 +0000 A Three-Member Juvenile Court in central Greece has sentenced a 17-year-old to eight years in prison for the murder of a singer in Karditsa last March. NEWS CRIME, JUSTICE, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/environment/1312175/invasive-species-thrive-as-global-warming-transforms-the-mediterranean/ ekath-1312175 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:21:00 +0000 Pepis, the bearded skipper of a small fishing boat, deftly picks up two lionfish caught in experimental traps off the coast of Cyprus, cuts off their venomous spines, guts them and tosses them into a bucket. ENVIRONMENT CYPRUS, ENVIRONMENT, TOADFISH, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1312116/tax-bracket-indexing-to-end-in-2027/ ekath-1312116 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:00:20 +0000 Starting in 2027, tax brackets will no longer be indexed to inflation. This means that “tax inflation” will return. ECONOMY INFLATION, LABOR, SALARIES, ECONOMY Thanos Tsiros Thanos Tsiros https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1312173/fire-breaks-out-in-zakynthos/ ekath-1312173 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:46:37 +0000 A wildfire broke out early Tuesday in the Marathias area on the island of Zakynthos, prompting a major mobilization of firefighting forces. NEWS WILDFIRE, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1312119/a-year-lost-to-detours-ends-as-crossing-reopens/ ekath-1312119 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:35:55 +0000 The bridge on Old Poseidonos Avenue over the Ilissos River reopened to traffic Monday, ending a year of major commuter delays. ECONOMY INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAFFIC, ECONOMY Penny Bouloutza Penny Bouloutza https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/environment/1311970/subcontracting-web-clouds-firefighting-aircraft-oversight/ ekath-1311970 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:20:09 +0000 Greece leases 51 of its 84 firefighting aerial assets through NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to ensure transparency, but complex subcontracting chains complicate crew oversight. ENVIRONMENT WILDFIRE, NEWS, ENVIRONMENT Konstantinos Koukoumakas Konstantinos Koukoumakas https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1312170/woman-briefly-detained-for-slapping-6-year-old-son/ ekath-1312170 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:07:00 +0000 A woman was briefly arrested on Monday after slapping her 6-year-old son on a beach in the municipality of Aigialeia in the Peloponnese. NEWS CHILD, CRIME, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1312106/research-spending-in-greece-lags-behind/ ekath-1312106 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:52:57 +0000 Greece’s public spending on research and development declined in 2025, according to preliminary Eurostat data, reinforcing concerns about the country’s long-standing underinvestment in a sector widely viewed as critical to competitiveness, education and innovation. ECONOMY ECONOMY, INNOVATION, RESEARCH, SCIENCE Dimitra Manifava Dimitra Manifava https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1312168/drug-bust-in-mykonos-leads-to-two-arrests/ ekath-1312168 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:38:05 +0000 Two men were arrested in Mykonos on Monday for drug trafficking, after police found around five kilos of drugs in their possession. NEWS CRIME, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1312110/three-in-10-europeans-want-to-visit-greece-in-next-9-months/ ekath-1312110 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:19:44 +0000 A survey among Europeans asking which country they plan to visit by May 2027 ranked Greece fourth, with 29% answering in the affirmative, behind Romania (45%), Italy (38%) and Sweden (37%). ECONOMY TOURISM, ECONOMY Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1312166/greece-seeks-to-acquire-stryker-armored-vehicles-from-us-reserves/ ekath-1312166 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:02:00 +0000 Greece and other European countries, such as Poland and Romania, are rushing to secure used armored vehicles from the US army’s reserves, Kathimerini understands. FOREIGN AFFAIRS ARMED FORCES, DEFENSE, POLITICS, FOREIGN AFFAIRS Stavros Ioannidis Stavros Ioannidis https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/1312121/tsipras-remarks-in-interview-draw-fire/ ekath-1312121 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:45:16 +0000 A political dispute erupted after former prime minister Alexis Tsipras said he had confronted vested interests while leading the country, prompting sharp criticism from the government and PASOK. POLITICS ALEXIS TSIPRAS, GREEK LEFT ALLIANCE (ELAS), NEW DEMOCRACY, POLITICS Stavros Papantoniou Stavros Papantoniou https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/diaspora-politics/1312164/lecture-to-discuss-greek-australians-in-the-australian-military-during-ww2/ ekath-1312164 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:28:00 +0000 The Greek Community of Melbourne will highlight the history and legacy of Greek Australians who served in the Australian Military Forces in World War Two.  DIASPORA AUSTRALIA, DIASPORA, HISTORY, POLITICS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1312114/retailers-close-and-big-fish-get-bigger/ ekath-1312114 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:12:42 +0000 The number of Greek retailers has been steadily declining since at least the start of the financial crisis in the early 2010s, despite the subsequent recovery. ECONOMY EMPLOYMENT, RETAIL, STATISTICS, ECONOMY Dimitra Manifava Dimitra Manifava https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1311995/few-make-their-homes-energy-efficient-rising-costs-blamed/ ekath-1311995 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:57:27 +0000 Three times in the past six years the government has used EU funds to subsidize homeowners taking loans to make their homes more energy efficient. IMAGES ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, PROPERTY, MULTIMEDIA, IMAGES Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/1312161/turkeys-parliament-approves-a-pardon-like-bill-for-thousands-of-pkk-militants/ ekath-1312161 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:40:00 +0000 Turkey's parliament on Monday approved legislation that would introduce a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants in a bid to advance the government's peace initiative with their insurgent group. POLITICS LEGISLATION, SECURITY, TURKEY, POLITICS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/sports/1312159/panathinaikos-owner-claims-hes-trying-to-lure-nikola-jokic-to-greece/ ekath-1312159 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:28:00 +0000 Could three-time NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic suit up for a professional team in Greece in 2027-28? SPORTS BASKETBALL, SPORTS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1312112/parthenons-west-pediment-stands-complete-after-220-years/ ekath-1312112 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:13:01 +0000 For the first time in roughly 220 years, the Parthenon’s west pediment once again appears complete. CULTURE ACROPOLIS, ARCHAEOLOGY, CULTURE Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1312157/police-officer-found-dead-in-car-in-agios-dimitrios/ ekath-1312157 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:58:00 +0000 Police have opened an investigation into the death of a 38-year-old police officer, who was found dead inside a patrol car in the district of Agios Dimitrios, in southern Athens, on Tuesday. NEWS DEATH, NEWS Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/environment/1312104/power-pole-probed-as-wildfires-cause/ ekath-1312104 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:36:39 +0000 Fire investigators are focusing on a low-voltage utility pole as the likely origin of a wildfire that broke out Monday around 8 a.m. near Kouvaras, Attica. ENVIRONMENT WILDFIRE, NEWS, ENVIRONMENT Newsroom Newsroom https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/environment/1312156/prosecutor-probes-copter-landing-at-milos-beach/ ekath-1312156 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:14:00 +0000 Authorities are investigating the landing of a red helicopter on Milos’ Sarakiniko beach, an incident that triggered strong reactions after the aircraft touched down Friday on the area’s white volcanic rocks. ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT, JUSTICE, TOURISM, TRANSPORT, NEWS Iliana Magra Iliana Magra https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1312097/athens-reassesses-mideast-strategy/ ekath-1312097 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 04:53:08 +0000 Athens is being pushed to reassess its strategy in the Middle East and North Africa following the expected but unwelcome signing of a mutual defense agreement among Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEFENSE, DIPLOMACY, ENERGY, SAUDI ARABIA, TURKEY, POLITICS, FOREIGN AFFAIRS Vassilis Nedos Vassilis Nedos