Pressed against a wall in a back corridor of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a stone slab bore testimony only to the graffiti etched on it by multitudes of pilgrims through the ages.
A 90-year-old man was remanded in custody on Wednesday after he was accused of fatally shooting a 52-year-old man on the island of Tinos on Sunday. The 90-year-old man had a hearing with the prosecutor on Wednesday and presented his old age and health conditions as a defense.
A pair of Turkish F-16 fighter jets flew over the Greek islands of Panagia, Oinousses, and Farmakonisi on Wednesday. Specifically, the pair of fighter jets flew over Panagia and Oinousses at approximately 2.30 p.m. at an altitude of 1,500 feet, and later flew over Farmakonisi at 2.46 p.m. at an altitude of 9,00 feet.
Greek health authorities announced 11,061 new cases of Covid-19 and 65 deaths during their daily briefing on Wednesday. The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also stated that there are currently 345 intubated patients being treated in Intensive Care Units.
Germany rejects a European Union ban on Russian oil at the moment and continues to oppose payments in rouble for Russian energy, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday.
The prosecutor in the trial over the 2018 beating death of Greek-American gay rights activist Zak Kostopoulos on Wednesday sought the exoneration of four police officers and guilty verdicts for two local businessmen.
One of Greece’s pre-eminent authorities on earthquakes headed to central Greece on Wednesday for as first-hand assessment of a fresh spike in seismic activity in and around the town of Thiva.
Greece said on Wednesday that pandemic restrictions such as mask-wearing indoors and Covid certificates will be lifted throughout the summer tourism period and authorities will consider reinstating them in September.
The recent burst of seismic activity in Thiva, north of Greece, and the surrounding area will most likely subside but caution is still needed, Seismology professor and director of Athens Geodynamic Institute, Akis Tselentis, told state-run news agency AMNA on Wednesday.