Fire destroys vehicles in Nea Smyrni
Five vehicles were damaged, some completely destroyed, by a fire in the Athens suburb of Nea Smyrni early Wednesday, authorities said, prompting a response from the fire department.
Turkish court issues arrest warrant for owner of pro-opposition TV channel
An Istanbul court has issued an arrest warrant for the owner of a television channel aligned with Turkey’s main opposition party on charges of bid-rigging, the prosecutor’s office said late on Tuesday.
Allou! Fun Park announces its closure
The Allou! Fun Park fairground at Rentis, near Piraeus, announced on Tuesday it is shutting down.
High-spending tourists flock to Greece outside peak August
Tourists from the US, the UK and France appear to prefer the warmer months but shy from August for visiting Greece this year.
Greek aged care home in Sydney tops national food satisfaction survey
The Greek Community Home for the Aged in Earlwood, Sydney, has received the highest possible rating for food satisfaction in a national aged care survey, earning a perfect score of 4 out of 4, local media reported.
Fire breaks out at Kefalonia landfill, residents told to stay indoors
A fire broke out on Wednesday morning at a waste landfill near Argostoli, the capital of the Ionian island of Kefalonia.
Power lines are Greece’s top wildfire threat
Power transmission lines have emerged as Greece’s leading cause of wildfires, according to a Fire Service report submitted to the Civil Protection Ministry covering last year’s fire season.
Tsipras slams government, calls for progressive unity
Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has accused the conservative government of deepening social inequalities and fostering corruption, urging the country’s fragmented center-left to unite behind a new political vision.
Cairo’s property moves and Athens’ diplomatic defenses
Bilateral ties between Greece and Egypt are not at their strongest. Cairo’s reversal of the agreement reached last December between the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint Catherine in Sinai and the local authorities has raised concerns – especially given that this is not the first instance of Egyptian authorities appropriating third-party property.