The Greek government would oppose a European Union proposal to voluntarily cut gas usage by 15% beginning next month to mitigate a possible complete halt of supplies from Russia, two officials said on Thursday.
The head of Athens’ Prosecutor’s Office, Maria Gane, has ordered an investigation into the large blazes that scorched throusands of acres on Mount Penteli, north of Athens, and Megara in western Attica.
Jazz and Latin sensations Pink Martini, who have enjoyed a loyal and avid following in Greece since their 1997 breakout album “Sympathique,” are stopping in Athens.
A wildfire broke out in low vegetation in the western Peloponnese on Thursday, the fire Service said.
Women aged 21 to 65 living in Greece will be invited as of September to undergo free medical examinations for the early diagnosis and prevention of cervical cancer.
A 10-year-old girl infected with Covid-19 had to be admitted to hospital in the city of Volos on Wednesday night, after her health deteriorated, state-run broadcaster ERT reported on Thursday.
Two Portuguese nationals had to be rescued on Wednesday night when they realised they were trapped at a rocky path they had used to reach a popular beach in northwestern Crete, a local website reported.
Cyprus and Greece marked the 48th anniversary of Turkey’s invasion of the island nation in 1974, on Wednesday.
While Cyprus has become a key US partner in the Eastern Mediterranean, there is still a partial arms embargo on Cyprus as US law currently prohibits providing Cyprus with US-made weaponry.
Every afternoon, a party made up of painters Nikos Nikolaou and Yiannis Moralis, sculptor Christos Kapralos, and poet, essayist and translator Odysseas Elytis met at Nikolaou’s house in Plakakia, on the Saronic island of Aegina, sat on the stone terrace and enjoyed the sunset. “They ate, they drank and they argued passionately, teasing each other.…