Two arrested, one sought over Hania stabbing
A 17-year-old male was arrested in the town of Hania on the island of Crete on Wednesday in connection with the Tuesday dawn stabbing and mugging of a 37-year-old.
Six months into war, Ukraine and Russia are both reshaped
For six months, a major land war has sown horror in Europe. It is a war in which violence and normality coexist – death and destruction at the 1,500-mile front and packed cafes in Kyiv, just a few hundred miles to the west.
Zero tolerance
The shocking incident that took place on Crete last Friday when a family of tourists allegedly came under attack from a pair of locals shows us that before we can even talk about a tourism culture, we need to address some fundamental issues of mentality.
For a few, but also for everyone
I decided to go for a swim last Sunday; it was the last day of my summer holidays and I’d just come back to scorching Athens. With so little traffic on the capital’s streets, I was soon swimming at one of my favorite coves in Saronida.
Little room for extra government largesse
Finance Ministry officials say the need to pour more money into electricity subsidies will “drastically” limit funds available for other kinds of income support.
Fur traders to flock to Kastoria for fair
Visitors from Ukraine and Russia, as well as from China and Korea, will be among the 64 traders and business owners from around the world attending the 47th Kastoria International Fur Fair, which gets underway on Thursday.
Foreign Press Association rejects ‘targeting’ of journalist by gov’t spox
The representative body for the country’s foreign press correspondents has expressed its “surprise and disappointment” at the “targeting and professional harassment of a journalist” by government spokesperson Giannis Oikonomou.
EU report: Drought-hit Europe could face 3 more dry months
Parts of the European Union could face three more months of warmer and drier conditions as Europe weathers a major drought that has fueled forest fires, dried up rivers and devastated crops, the 27-nation bloc’s Earth observation program is warning in a report.
Greece struck by almost 50,000 lightning strikes, 100 millilitres of rain
Large storms struck large parts of continental Greece and the islands of the Aegean for a second day on Wednesday.
Theodorikakos: 25,000 asylum-seekers kept out of Greece in August
Authorities have prevented some 25,000 people from entering Greece illegally in less than a month, a minister said Wednesday, accusing Turkey of channeling asylum-seekers toward the country.