Police remove animal rights activists from Easter procession
Police in central Athens removed animal rights activists from Syntagma Square as the Good Friday candlelit Epitaphios (funerary) procession was taking place.
Woman arrested, fined for running over dog
A 63-year-old woman was arrested and fined for running over a dog with her car in the city of Iraklio, Crete, police said on Saturday.
A treasure of the Vlachs comes to light
“Mr Ambassador, please accept these photographs of my father Miltiadis Manaki, which come from my private collection. My father thought of himself as a Greek, and for this reason I offer these photographs for publication in the album dedicated to him.”
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Bats, axes, swords, flares found in building next to soccer club
Officers in Thessaloniki found wooden bats, axes, swords, flares, a sickle, a glass breaker, and knives of various sizes in an abandoned building, next door to an association of Aris soccer club fans, police said Saturday.
Cyprus probes citizens named over Russian sanctions evasion
Cyprus’ government said Thursday it’s looking into how a number of Cypriot nationals were included in a new round of US and UK sanctions targeting the financial networks of Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Roman Abramovich who are close allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Easter in the trenches
Ukrainian servicemen place candles after a special service for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Madama Butterfly | Athens | June 1, 4, 7 & 10
Starring Cellia Costea, Alisa Kolosova, Diamanti Kritsotaki and Andrea Care, Puccini’s popular masterpiece “Madama Butterfly” is being brought to the Herod Atticus Theater this summer by the Greek National Opera (nationalopera.gr).
Tsitsipas dumped out of Monte Carlo Masters by Fritz
Champion Stefanos Tsitsipas crashed out of the Monte Carlo Masters when he slumped to a 6-2 6-4 defeat against American Taylor Fritz in the quarter-finals on Friday.
Dendias, Schallenberg discuss bilateral relations in phone call
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias spoke on the phone on Friday with his Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg to discuss the promotion of bilateral relations.