Fire breaks out in Aspropyrgos, west of Athens
A wildfire broke out Tuesday afternoon in the Himeros Topos area of Aspropyrgos, west of Athens.
Acropolis Museum to celebrate August full moon with extended hours
In celebration of the August full moon, the Acropolis Museum will extend its opening hours on Saturday, August 9, until midnight.
Unauthorized gas works raise safety concerns in Athens
Natural gas works on Iraklidon Street in the Thiseio district of central Athens are being carried out without required permits from traffic police or the city.
Gaza is bleeding under weight of a ‘merciless assault,’ says Jerusalem Patriarch Theophilos
Gaza is “a land pierced by the wounds of war, where the innocent bleed beneath the weight of a merciless assault,” Theophilos III, Jerusalem’s Greek Orthodox patriarch, has told a joint press conference with his Catholic counterpart, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, upon their return to Jerusalem from the embattled territory.
Native Greek grapes stake their top-shelf claim
Julien Boulard wears a checkered flat cap – the picture of a classic Frenchman from Alsace. Yet he speaks English with a Chinese accent, something he laughs about when it’s pointed out.
No early release in case of fatal beating of gay activist Zak Kostopoulos
A man who has served a total of 13 months of a six-year prison sentence for causing fatal bodily harm to Greek-American gay rights activist Zak Kostopoulos in 2018 in Athens has had his latest request for release rejected by an appeals probation court.
Greece to respond to Libya’s diplomatic notes with legal arguments, sources say
Greece is preparing a formal response to recent diplomatic notes from Libya, relying on “fully documented, strictly legal arguments,” diplomatic sources said Tuesday.
Greece and 27 other nations condemn Israel over ‘inhumane killing’ of civilians
Greece has joined a group of 28 Western countries, including Britain, France and Canada, that said Israel must immediately end its war in Gaza and criticized what they called the “inhumane killing” of Palestinians, including hundreds near food distribution sites.
Protest against Gaza war prevents Israeli visitors from touring Syros
A cruise ship carrying Israeli tourists has left the island of Syros in the Cyclades without its passengers disembarking, after more than 150 protesters demonstrated at the island’s port, unfurling Palestinian flags and calling for an end to the war in Gaza.
MP ends speech with song during debate on deadly train crash investigation
Course of Freedom MP Georgia Kefala ended her parliamentary speech with a song during the debate on the report concerning the indictment of former Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis over his role in the deadly Tempe rail crash.