Reading Athens like a living text
Columbia University’s Global Center in Athens hosted summer seminars that brought students into direct contact with the subjects of their classical, linguistic and cultural studies.
Thousands gather in Srebrenica on 30th anniversary of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since WWII
Thousands of people from Bosnia and around the world gathered in Srebrenica to mark the 30th anniversary of a 1995 massacre there of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim boys and men, which has been acknowledged as Europe’s only genocide after the Holocaust.
Kurdish PKK militants burn weapons in Iraq to start disarmament
Thirty Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants have burned their weapons at the mouth of a cave in northern Iraq, marking a symbolic but significant step toward ending a decades-long insurgency against Turkey.
US citizen accused of photographing minor jumps from hospital window
A 63-year-old US citizen, who was in custody after being accused of photographing a minor on a beach in the northwestern city of Preveza, jumped from the second floor of the local hospital where he was under guard, in an apparent suicide attempt.
Fire at recycling facility triggers emergency alert near Thessaloniki
A large fire broke out on Friday morning in the Sindos Industrial Zone, west of Thessaloniki in northern Greece, prompting an emergency alert to residents due to hazardous smoke.
Basilica complex in northern Philippi site to be restored
The Culture Ministry is restoring the Basilica A complex, including its ancient baptistery, at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Philippi in northern Greece.
Students clash with police outside university rectors’ meeting over draft bill
Tensions flared on Friday outside a hotel in Anavyssos, eastern Attica, where Greek university rectors were meeting, as students protested against a draft bill that would allow the expulsion of so-called “perpetual students” and introduce new measures to address campus violence.
Greek lawmakers approve amendment to curb migrant arrivals from North Africa
Greek lawmakers on Friday approved an amendment aimed at curbing irregular migrant arrivals from North Africa. The measure passed with 177 votes in favor, 74 against and 42 “present.”
Athens Airport passengers up 5% in June
Athens International Airport saw a modest, single-digit increase in passenger traffic in June, with a slightly stronger rise recorded over the first half of the year.
Fire breaks out at laundry business on Mykonos
Firefighters were battling a blaze at a laundry business on the island of Mykonos on Friday, after a fire broke out shortly after midnight near the provincial road linking Mykonos town to Ano Mera, authorities said.