News archive of November 2024

A 5-year-old boy was killed in a targeted ambush Friday on his family's vehicle in Markopoulo, near Athens. 

The boy's family was driving through the area when gunmen opened fire, striking the child fatally in the head. 

Authorities located 23 shell casings from two separate guns at the scene, pointing to a brutal, premeditated assault. 

Piraeus Bank announced on Friday record nine-month normalized net profit of 932 million euros, corresponding to €0.72 per share, leading to updated target of €0.90 for 2024.

Net profit rose 15% to 320 million euros in the third quarter, the bank said. 

The Greek teams confirmed this week they are once again among the favorites for the Final Four, making it four wins out of four games in this double take of games for each one of them. On Thursday Olympiakos dismissed Barcelona in Piraeus and on Friday Panathinaikos defeated high-flying Red Star in Belgrade.

Banks almost single-handedly pushed the benchmark of the Greek bourse higher on Friday, as the other blue chips appeared rather weak on the day.

Poverty is no longer due to unemployment, as was the case in the past. It has become a structural element of the functioning of the Greek economy, an economy that massively produces the new poor - people with jobs who earn meager wages.

Nikolas Raptis shared a photo with his two-month-old daughter with his online followers on social media. The radio producer and comedian welcomed November with a snapshot posted on his personal Instagram account, showing him cradling his daughter.

Nikolas Raptis’ wife, Emmanuela, gave birth to their first child last September, and he shared photos from the maternity hospital.

A tragedy occurred in the afternoon on the Larissa-Agia road, involving a collision of four vehicles that left two dead and three injured, one of whom is in critical condition.

Achieving consensus between political parties is not always at their discretion. In some matters of major institutional importance, a consensus is required by the Constitution itself.

SYRIZA’s central office is facing a wave of complaints from local party organizations just ten hours before voting begins. Regional and local SYRIZA branches report they haven’t received lists of members eligible to vote, with accusations directed at the party’s Organizational Office.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday evening 14 people had been killed in a tragic accident in which a roof overhang at the main railway station in Novi Sad collapsed shortly before noon.

In a televised public address, Vucic said he hoped the death toll was final, and that five of the victims remained unidentified for the time being.