Greece’s first foray into postal voting ahead of last Sunday’s elections for European Parliament has been hailed as a success, though takeup was not as big as expected and there appear to have been some problems with the procedure.
A wildfire broke out at the Gazoros area of Serres in northern Greece, on Tuesday.
The sea in the northern port city of Thessaloniki turned green on Tuesday, due to excessive concentration of phytoplanktons in the area.
A wildfire broke out outside the city of Sparta on Tuesday.
A series of measures are being adopted as of Tuesday to protect members of the public from the effects of a heatwave that is expected to push temperatures in Athens and other parts of the country above 40 degrees Celsius.
Earth-removal work on the installations for a new airport on the southern Aegean island of Crete has led to an archaeological discovery that Greece’s Culture Ministry says is unique for its period and needs to be examined much more thoroughly to reveal its exact significance.
Supreme Court President Ioanna Klapa on Tuesday ordered a disciplinary investigation into the decision to release from prison a 37-year-old man convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl in 2017 and now facing murder charges after confessing to killing another girl, aged 11.
A 37-year-old convicted child molester who has allegedly confessed to murdering his 11-year-old niece in the western Peloponnese on Sunday, reportedly admitted to trying to rape the young girl before killing her on Tuesday.
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