Fire breaks out in central Athens home
A fire has broken out in a detached house in the neighborhood of Gazi, central Athens, on Wednesday night.
Coast guard participates in search for missing monk
A coast guard vessel, as well as police patrol cars, are participating in search and rescue operation to locate a missing monk of the monastic community of Mt Athos.
Christmas tree lights up in the Phanar
Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios puts a bauble on the Christmas tree in the courtyard of the Phanar in Istanbul on Wednesday.
Assessment drilling at Cyprus Block 10
The Cyprus Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry has announced the start of assessment drilling in Block 10 of the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
The demilitarization or sovereignty dilemma
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s recent comments are a reiteration of the position laid out in detail in two letters to the United Nations secretary-general by the country’s permanent representative, Feridun Sinirlioglu, dated July 30 and September 30.
Backpedaling under pressure
Dealing with a pandemic is not an easy task. But the government leaks on possible new measures which are reversed the next morning and the backpedaling under pressure from various interest groups erode the government’s credibility and cause unwarranted uncertainty.
1821-2021: Perpetual revolution
We did not commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution as we had planned; we lived it.
Service pistol located during drug raid
Two pistols were confiscated by police officers during a drug raid in the Athens suburb of Zephyri on Wednesday, one of which had been stolen from a police officer’s apartment in August. Investigations are ongoing.
United behind a common goal
“One of the really difficult things to do is to carry out a successful public health endeavor when the country is divided and public health measures take on a political connotation, as opposed to dissociating it completely from politics and just concentrating on pushing ahead.”
Three dead, many missing after migrant boat sinks off Greece
Greek authorities ramped up a major sea-and-air search and rescue operation in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday after a migrant smuggling vessel sank, leaving at least three people dead and dozens reported missing.