Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his “sadness and disgust” at the damage to a door of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul in a call with UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, his office announced on Thursday.
Bulgaria’s food safety agency reported on Thursday a new outbreak of bird flu on a laying hens farm in southern Bulgaria, prompting it to cull the remaining flocks there as it struggles to contain the spread of the disease.
The body of an unidentified dead man, aged between 40 and 50, was found in an abandoned building near the Thessaloniki “Makedonia” KTEL bus depot on Thursday. An early analysis of the scene suggests there was no foul play involved in his death.
A traditional lunch was hosted in honor of Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at Didimoticho, on Greece’s north-eastern borders with Turkey, by the town’s Mayor Romilos Chatzigiannoglou on Thursday.
All three significant Covid-19 metrics fell on Thursday with Greek health authorities announcing 6,755 new reported cases and 43 virus-related deaths (down from 7,365 and 64 on Wednesday).
A missing 15-year-old girl was found on Thursday in central Athens after an extensive search by police officers. According to information, she is well and is expected to arrive at the Peristeri police precinct. Police officers were alerted after a child welfare charity said it believed she had been trapped by human traffickers.
The General Directorate of Institutions of Turkey has attributed the damage to the Imperial Gate of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to “normal” wear and tear.
Police on Thursday were searching for a 15-year-old girl who disappeared from the district of Peristeri on Wednesday, after a child welfare charity said it believed she has been trapped by human traffickers.
A Russian tanker impounded by Greece this week and reportedly carrying Iranian oil will be released amid confusion about sanctions on its owners.