At least 10 firefighters and rescue workers were killed Wednesday and many others were injured while battling a wildfire in northwestern Turkey, the forestry minister, Ibrahim Yumakli, has said.
During its heyday in the 1990s, the heart of Athens’ underground music scene beat in dark, dingy basement clubs that drew crowds of revelers looking for a different way to party.
Stefanos Tsitsipas has ended his collaboration with coach Goran Ivanisevic after less than two months, the former world number three said.
A post accusing a ferry operator of forcing a disabled child and their caregiver to remain in their car in the open-air garage deck in the middle of a heatwave has caused an uproar on social media, spurring the Shipping Ministry to increase inspections on passenger ships.
A heatwave that has gripped Greece since the start of the week is expected to persist longer than initially forecast, with scorching temperatures continuing into Sunday.
Cyprus’ justice minister, Marios Hartsiotis, pushed back Thursday against growing criticism from residents and community leaders, accusing authorities of being too slow and disorganized in responding to the wildfires.
A sophisticated tax fraud ring that illegally claimed millions in rebates has been uncovered by Greece’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority in an operation spearheaded by former Supreme Court deputy prosecutor Haralambos Vourliotis.
Greece is sending a powerful salvage tug to the Red Sea to support and protect Greek-owned vessels from Houthi rebel attacks amid rising maritime security concerns in the region, the Shipping Ministry has announced.
Greece’s support for North Macedonia’s aspiration to join the European Union is contingent on the “integral, consistent and in good faith application of the Prespa Agreement,” Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis told his visiting Macedonian counterpart.
On the wooded slopes surrounding the village of Kalavryta in southwestern Greece, hundreds of dying fir trees stand out among the dark green foliage, their brittle, reddish needles a stark reminder of how drought slowly drains the life from nature.