Two men who posted on social media incriminating videos of themselves doing illegal motorbike stunts have been identified and face prosecution for reckless driving and incitement to crime, authorities said Wednesday.
A dense wave of African dust has swept across Crete, particularly affecting the wider Iraklio area, significantly reducing visibility and disrupting air traffic.
A Swedish-Greek underwater survey off a Mycenaean acropolis in the Peloponnese made famous by Nobel Prize-winning poet George Seferis is producing new insights on harbour-building techniques following rising sea levels in late antiquity.
The European Chief Prosecutor on Wednesday asked Greece to lift the immunity of 11 lawmakers to allow an investigation into their role in a farm aid fraud scandal which has sparked political resignations and drawn a hefty EU fine.
Sixty-year-old Czech climber Petr Hruban died in Kalymnos after falling 10 meters from a cliff due to failing bolts, highlighting serious deficiencies in the island’s climbing route maintenance and emergency response despite its global reputation as a climbing destination.
Residents across Attica received emergency alerts on their mobile phones on Wednesday as Storm Erminio brought severe weather conditions to the region.
When the management of Deutsche Welle (DW) announced at the end of February that it would discontinue the broadcaster’s Greek-language service by the end of the year, it was evidently unaware of the political reactions the decision would provoke.
Greece’s central bank chief on Wednesday warned that it would be a “huge mistake” amid the war in the Persian Gulf for the country to hold snap parliamentary elections, an idea some government officials have been reportedly toying with.
The main opposition Socialist PASOK party on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to dismiss any members of his conservative government might be among the lawmakers facing potential charges over a major farm subsidy scandal.
The South Aegean regional authority has announced that all schools, from nursery to high school, across the Cyclades and Dodecanese will remain closed on Thursday, citing safety concerns as Storm Erminio continues to impact the country.