Police prevent entry of 2,720 undocumented migrants between Aug 14-17
Greek authorities foiled the illegal entry of 2,720 undocumented migrants into the country between August 14 and 17, as announced on Sunday.
3.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Samos
The eastern Aegean island of Samos was jolted by a 3.7 magnitude earthquake on Monday morning, as reported by the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens.
A bus crashes off the road in central Turkey, leaving 12 passengers dead
A passenger bus veered off the road and crashed into a roadside ditch in central Turkey on Monday, killing 12 people and injuring 19 others, officials said.
Croat envoy notes ‘excellent relations’
The arrest of 95 Croatian soccer fans in connection with the violent incidents and the death of Michalis Katsouris outside the AEK stadium in Athens on August 7 has tested relations between the two countries, but “Croatia trusts the Greek justice system,” according to the country’s ambassador to Greece, Aleksandar Sunko.
Playing the part of the West’s leader of choice
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama believes that the West will not sour relations with his country over an issue like the imprisonment of the mayor-elect of Himare, Fredi Beleri.
Mykonos: 58-year-old dies in sea accident
A 58-year-old man suffered fatal injuries while on board an auxiliary craft off Paraga beach on the island of Mykonos.
Man, 54, injured in late-night knife attack in Athens
A 54-year-old Pakistani national assaulted a fellow countryman using a knife on Ermou Street, located in the center of Athens, just before midnight on Sunday. The victim sustained wounds to their side as a result of the attack.
Wildfire near Alexandroupoli rages for third day
A wildfire continues to rage unchecked for the third consecutive day near the town of Alexandroupoli in northeastern Greece.
Updated vaccines for Omicron coming in fall
Updated vaccines targeting the Omicron subvariant of the coronavirus are expected in the United States in late September and in Greece by mid-fall, Theodora Psaltopoulou, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Athens, told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA).
Three milestones before The Hague
Greek-Turkish relations are returning to the forefront having been shaped by the meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Vilnius and the decision to explore the possibility of referring the major dispute with Ankara, namely the delimitation of the continental shelf and EEZ, to the international court at The…