The soil surface temperature in areas around Greek capital Athens rose in some places by as much as 10 degrees Celsius since July 2024 after big fires destroyed vegetation, research released on Wednesday by the Athens National Observatory said.
Two-and-a-half years after Spanish authorities discovered 4.5 tons of cocaine hidden on a Greek-owned cargo ship, three key suspects were arrested in Greece this week.
Police in Crete on Wednesday carried out a crackdown on a large cannabis plantation in the region of Rethymno, seizing hundreds of plants and arresting two men on narcotics charges.
With low expectations for substantive progress on the Cyprus issue but a belief that dialogue is better than stagnation, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis arrived in New York for an informal five-party meeting on Thursday.
It’s 3.20 a.m. and we’re on Athens’ Vassilissis Amalias Avenue, near the entrance to the National Garden. It’s a Tuesday and around a dozen people are patiently.
Greece has arrested three people linked with a cargo ship seized by Spanish authorities off the Canary Islands in 2023 for carrying more than 4.5 tons of cocaine from Latin America to Europe, three people close to the investigation said.
A series of fires at recycling facilities across Greece has raised concern among local authorities and the fire service, especially during peak wildfire season.
Libya has submitted another note verbale to the United Nations, this time enclosing a map outlining the “outer limits of the continental shelf in the Mediterranean Sea,” and extending its claims up to the island of Crete.
Loukoumi, the beloved treat now synonymous with Syros, was first brought over by refugees fleeing the Chios massacre in 1822.