Heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms began early Wednesday across parts of Greece, with particularly intense activity reported in Corfu and the Epirus region, according to weather service meteo.gr.
Greece’s Armed Forces declared a three-day mourning period after a 19-year-old professional soldier was killed during a scheduled grenade-training exercise on Rhodes, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias announced Wednesday.
A 50-year-old man has died after suffering a severe allergic reaction to a bee sting while hunting in mountains near Domokos, Central Greece.
A Turkish court has sentenced a prominent independent journalist, Fatih Altayli, to four years and two months in prison over comments he made about President Tayyip Erdogan’s rule, state broadcaster TRT reported.
Drivers in Athens faced severe delays Wednesday as major city arteries were heavily congested, with vehicles at times completely immobilized.
The government has announced new support measures for livestock farmers affected by recent outbreaks of sheep pox are now coming into force, activating a €56 million aid package financed through the state budget.
Police in Thessaloniki have arrested a 77-year-old man and his 44-year-old son after investigators discovered a Kalashnikov rifle and a crossbow hidden in a warehouse in the suburb of Panorama.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Wednesday that the European Commission has, for the first time, assigned a tourism portfolio to a Greek commissioner.
The Hellenic National Defense General Staff has expressed its condolences to the family of the 19-year-old professional soldier who was killed during a scheduled hand-grenade training session on Rhodes, saying the causes of the incident are being investigated.
Greece’s railway workers federation expressed outrage Wednesday over a fatal workplace accident at the Piraeus repair base, where a worker was killed on the job.