In a double appeal for his release, Fredi Beleri, the ethnic Greek who was elected mayor of Himare in southern Albania in the municipal elections of May 14, addresses the judicial institutions as well as the prime minister of Albania, Edi Rama. In an interview with Kathimerini, Beleri, who has not […]
Two of the parties involved in football violence that took place on Wednesday night in the area of Sourotis in Thessaloniki have been arrested.
Dozens of migrants were rescued from a small boat in difficulty off an eastern Aegean Sea island and a search was underway for one more person, Greek authorities said Thursday, as arrivals to the southeastern European country increase.
Amidst extreme weather and destruction by floods and wildfires, September 7 marks the 24th anniversary of another deadly natural disaster: the 1999 earthquake in Athens that left 145 people dead and destroyed tens of thousands of buildings and homes.
Greek firefighters recovered the body of a man from a stream in central Greece on Thursday, bringing the country’s death toll from floods to four after severe rainstorms turned streets into raging torrents, hurled cars into the sea and washing away roads and bridges. Another six people were missing.
The environmental organization WWF Hellas has expressed its outrage at the devastating forest fires, stating it was the second worst summer in Greece’s modern history and that about half of the areas burned were in protected areas. It referred to the forest fire control system as a failure and the electrical transmission system as a…
A 49-year-old livestock farmer from central Greece who had gone missing since Wednesday amid a severe storm was found dead shortly before noon on Thursday by rescuers, the Fire Department said.
Attica Group CEO Spyros Paschalis submitted his resignation, the company announced on Thursday, a few hours after the death of a 36-year-old man who was trying to board a passenger ferry operated by the company.
The 29th Athens International Film Festival Opening Nights will introduce audiences to some of the best independent productions of the year.