The number of refugees and migrants arriving in Greece by sea has more than doubled in 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, according to updated data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The British Museum said Wednesday that a member of its staff has been dismissed after items dating back as far as the 15th century B.C. were found to be missing, stolen or damaged.
The Athens Stock Exchange closed with mild gains of 0.9% on Wednesday, ending a run of three negative sessions.
European Commission Vice President for promoting the European Way of Life Margaritis Schinas on Wednesday left flowers at the site where a man was killed in clashes before a match between AEK Athens and Dinamo Zagreb in Greece on August 7.
Renowned jazz saxophonist Jan Garbarek returns to the Sani Festival (sani-resort.com) with his band and Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu.
As the proverb goes, “success has many fathers, failure is an orphan.” But if good decisions are the result of an order from the prime minister or minister, so should the failures be attributed to them.
The UN Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss the worsening humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, or Artsakh, as a result of Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin corridor.
“The Mediterranean Diet” photography exhibition is on display at the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens-EMST.
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Socialist opposition party PASOK said many of the measures announced by the prime minister on Wednesday to curb hooligan-related violence in Greece are “already foreseen” in the reform package agreed on after the killing of a soccer fan by hooligans in February 2022.