Police in North Macedonia have detained 26 migrants thought to have entered illegally from neighboring Greece. The migrants have been transferred to a reception center pending deportation to Greece.
Local authorities must carry out checks for poison bait, conduct autopsies on wildlife suspected of dying as a result of poisoning and log all such incidents under a joint ministerial decision signed on Tuesday.
Torrential rainfall caused the closure of several thoroughfares in central Athens on Tuesday as forecasters warned of more rains and storms.
A fire broke out at a recycling center near Mandra in Attica, near Athens, on Tuesday. According to a statement released by the Hellenic Fire Service, there are currently 33 firefighters and 12 vehicles on scene. They are being assisted by water carriers from the local authorities.
A 38-year-old man was temporarily remanded in custody on Tuesday on suspicion of attacking a family of German tourists in the community of Mylopotamos over the weekend.
The Foreign Ministry issued a demarche to Ankara, as is the practice, for the overflights of Turkish F-16 in the Aegean on Tuesday.
Alternate Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis will meet with visiting Slovak Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Martin Klus on Wednesday.
Supreme Court Prosecutor Isidoros Dogiakos has asked on Tuesday the Rethymno Prosecutor, on the island of Crete, to give the investigation into the attack on a family of German tourists the highest priority, urging it to be conducted thoroughly.
Greek health authorities announced 55,769 new cases of Covid-19 and 258 virus-related deaths for the week between August 15 and August 22. The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also stated that there were 132 intubated patients being treated in Intensive Care Units.
Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Christos Stylianides appealed to the public, strongly recommending that people be especially cautious and restrict their movements, after a meeting to assess the current wave of bad weather affecting Greece at the ministry on Tuesday. The phenomena are expected to be particularly intense in some areas, with the minister…