Fisherman Vancho Vasilevski’s boat frequently runs aground when he sails on Lake Prespa, one of Europe’s oldest lakes and home to more than 2,000 species of fish, birds, mammals, and plants, in a sign of how much water the lake is losing.
The body of an identified male was found by the coast guard on Mourtia Beach in southern Pilio on Wednesday.
A 62-year-old man was arrested in the northern town of Drama on Wednesday for illegal hoarding of ancient artifacts.
A fire started on the island of Skyros, part of the Sporades archipelagos, after 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon.
A nine-year-old with mobility impairment was forgotten on a school bus in Thessaloniki northern Greece for four hours after the adults in charge neglected to help him off the bus.
The inhabitants of the flooded areas of Thessaly are facing great price hikes, with many instances of profiteering.
This summer, hundreds of people drowned when a ship packed with migrants sank off the coast of the southwestern Peloponnese. Dozens of Croatian hooligans defied bans, crossed the length of Greece without impediment to reach Athens, where they clashed with AEK soccer fans; a 29-year-old Greek man was killed in the brawl.
The European Union’s chief executive said Wednesday that her services will launch a major series of policy reviews to ensure that the 27-nation bloc can still function properly as it invites in new members in coming years.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sent a letter to his Greek counterpart, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, to express solidarity in the wake of the devastating wildfires and floods that have struck Greece over the past month.
Mastic, a unique product from the Greek island of Chios, has been at the heart of the island’s economy for centuries, linking it and Greece to the rest of the world, particularly the Middle East.