Greece’s new migration bill, described as the strictest of its kind in Europe, was presented Tuesday by Greek Migration and Asylum Minister Thanos Plevris at an informal meeting of EU interior and migration ministers in Copenhagen.
Firefighters in Corinthia are battling a major wildfire near Lake Stymfalia that has led to numerous evacuation orders being issued to residents in villages in the wider area.
Migrant flows from Libya to the island of Crete continue unabated, despite the Greek government’s proclaimed hardline stance, notably with the suspension of asylum applications.
Spain edged past Greece in a dramatic penalty shootout on Tuesday to reach the men’s water polo final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.
A wildfire broke out Tuesday afternoon in the Himeros Topos area of Aspropyrgos, west of Athens.
In celebration of the August full moon, the Acropolis Museum will extend its opening hours on Saturday, August 9, until midnight.
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 “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.
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.
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.