Ioannina

Greek oil enterprise Energean has secured its entry into Block 2 of the Ionian Sea by buying out the stake of French company Total, which had been seeking to disengage from the region for months.

Police have filed charges against a doctor at the University Hospital of Ioannina in northwestern Greece for allegedly asking for a bribe to provide medical treatment to a patient and for breach of duty.

The election of Greece's first Jewish mayor, Ioannina's Moisis Elisaf, was news that was heard around the world last May.

Ioannina Mayor Moses Elisaf has taken the baton from his former Thessaloniki counterpart Yiannis Boutaris in "city diplomacy," having recently conducted a series of important meetings in Albania as part of an initiative to promote his city and develop closer ties with the neighboring country.

Fourteen Greek academics were included in a list of 6,200 of the world's most influential researchers of the past decade, based on data from the Web of Science research database.

Municipal and regional repair crews were sent out in force at first light in Epirus, northwestern Greece, on Friday to clear rocks and other debris washed down onto many parts of the road network by strong downpours and powerful winds overnight.

Police found and seized a cache of 19th century weapons in a travel bag in Amfithea near Ioannina Lake in western Greece on Monday.

According to reports, police found the bag containing dozens of weapons hidden among reeds after receiving a tip-off.

Psychedelic folk-rock act the Villagers of Ioannina City electrifies the traditional tunes of northwestern Greece's Epirus region, creating a whole new sound. The act will perform older numbers as well as tracks from its new album, "Age of Aquarius," along with a 10-member band at the Vrachon Theater on Sunday, September 22. The show starts at 9.30 p.m.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis pledged on Tuesday to resolve the country's waste management problems within four years, taking a swipe at the previous government for failing to effectively deal with the issue in areas like Attica, the Peloponnese and Corfu.

Work to restore the 19th century single-arched stone bridge of Plaka that collapsed during the February 2015 floods in northwestern Greece is reportedly on course for completion by February 28. The bridge, on the border of the Arta and Ioannina regional units, spans the Arachthos River. It was built in 1866 and from 1881 to 1913 connected Greece to the Ottoman Empire.