Police officer, businessman arrested on charges of corruption and extortion
An officer of the Hellenic Police (ELAS) has been charged with bribery, abuse of power and breach of duty by the ELAS Internal Affairs unit.
Firefighters in Greece have discovered the bodies of 18 people in an area with a major wildfire
Firefighters on Tuesday found the burnt bodies of 18 people believed to have been migrants who had crossed the Turkish border into an area of northeastern Greece where wildfires have raged for days.
Migration minister reacts to deaths of 18 migrants in wildfires
Migration Minister Dimitris Keridis said he learned “with great sadness of the deaths of at least 18 migrants in the fire in the Dadia forest.”
Mitsotakis and Menendez in talks in Athens
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Bob Menendez, chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have discussed Greek-American relations and developments in the wider region over lunch in Athens.
Pompeo to speak at American Mediterranean Investment Forum
Mike Pompeo, who served in the Trump administration as director of the CIA and as secretary of state, will be the keynote speaker at the American Mediterranean Investment Forum, which will be held next month in Athens.
Two children among 18 people burned in wildfire
Two children were among the 18 people burned in a forest fire in the northeast of the country, Pavlos Pavlidis, coroner in the city of Alexandroupoli, has confirmed.
Albanian PM makes conciliatory comments after not being invited by Greece to regional meeting
Albania’s prime minister on Tuesday responded to not being invited by Greece to a dinner for top officials from nine Balkan nations and the European Union by saying that in “such turbulent times” Europe’s unity is “larger than what divides us.”
Fan released after testifying over football violence
A 43-year-old fan of Panathinaikos FC who had been detained in relation to the football violence in Nea Philadelphia on August 7 has been released after testifying before a prosecutor.
40,000 hectares burned in wildfires in 3 days
Over 40,000 hectares were destroyed in wildfires the three days from August 19 to 21, according to a report by the National Observatory of Athens.
Ano Liosia residents urged to evacuate
Residents in Gennimata and Kanala in Ano Liosia, in the northwestern part of the Athens agglomeration, have been urged to evacuate to Liosia due to wildfires in the area, in a 112 alert.