Firefighters battle blaze in Messinia
Firefighters are working to control a wildfire that erupted in a forested rural area in Metaxada, Messinia, in the Peloponnese.
Karalis named Greece’s closing ceremony flag bearer
Emmanouil Karalis, pole vault bronze medal winner at Paris 2024 Olympic Games, has been selected as Greece’s closing ceremony flag bearer.
Big hotel chains have plans
As tourism expands in Greece, so does the interest of international hotel chains to strengthen their presence in the country.
Minister warns of more severe fire risk next week
Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Vassilis Kikilias has warned the public that weather conditions leading up to the August 15 holiday will be conducive to forest fires.
Fire breaks out in Serres
A wildfire broke out on Saturday near the village of Chionochori in Serres, in Greece’s Macedonia region.
Greek soccer fan arrested for shooting
A 32-year-old Greek man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that took place on July 13 outside the Panathinaikos soccer stadium on Alexandras Avenue.
Autopsy to show if Ilia man died from spider bite
The toxicological tests and autopsy results are likely to show the actual cause of death on Thursday of the 48-year-old in Ilia, southern Greece, who, according to medics at the Ilia General Hospital where he was treated, was probably bitten by a spider.
UN refugee agency urges Cyprus government to process asylum seekers pushed into a UN buffer zone
The United Nations refugee agency on Friday said government authorities in ethnically divided Cyprus have rounded up dozens of migrants and pushed them back inside a UN-controlled buffer zone that they crossed to seek asylum.
Dauren Kurugliev wins bronze for Greece in 86kg freestyle wrestling at 2024 Olympics
Greece’s Dauren Kurugliev, in red, faces San Marino’s Myles Nazem Amine in the men’s freestyle 86kg bronze medal wrestling match at the Champ-de-Mars Arena during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, on Friday.
Naval forces gather in East Med
Many signs point to the clear urgency of the Middle East situation, one of which is the concentration of strong naval forces – along with Israeli forces – deployed all the way along the nation’s coastline to guard the country’s airspace and deter potential maritime threats.