Athens police arrest fugitive who escaped prison in 2022
Police have arrested a 41-year-old man who escaped from Larissa prison nearly two years ago.
Police have arrested a 41-year-old man who escaped from Larissa prison nearly two years ago.
Archaeologists have pinpointed the long-lost location of Washingtonia, a short-lived 19th-century refugee colony in Greece founded by American physician and humanitarian Samuel Gridley Howe, according to Archaeology Magazine.
A man on a motorcycle carries a sheep as he desperately seeks to flee from the wildfire raging near Patra, western Greece which reached residential neighborhoods.
Multiple, fast-moving wildfires have tested the limits of Greece’s emergency response in recent days, with blazes advancing into neighborhoods in the western port city of Patra and causing significant damage on the eastern Aegean island of Chios.
Images allegedly showing the three individuals arrested in connection with recent arson incidents in Patra have surfaced, including one from a security camera reportedly capturing a 25-year-old suspect near the scene of a fire moments before it began.
Turkey will help Syria with the provision of weapons systems and logistical tools under a military cooperation accord signed on Wednesday, a Turkish defense Ministry source said on Thursday, adding that Ankara would also train Syria’s army in the use of such equipment if needed.
Passenger traffic have surged at the port of Piraeus, as thousands of Athenians headed to the islands ahead of Friday’s Dormition of the Virgin Mary holiday.
Riot police at the country’s largest port cordoned off an area around an Israeli cruise ship that arrived early Thursday to prevent several hundred protesters from approaching the vessel.
Police in Patra have said a man arrested Tuesday night in the Sychena area of the city has confessed to his role in a fire that broke out in the area, while a second man detained alongside him has denied the allegations.
New European Union standards for shipping demanding that shippers either lower emissions or pay for them and gradually replace their aging fleet are putting pressure on many medium-sized and small Greek ferry companies to adapt or seek mergers.