It’s a sunny morning in freezing Helsinki, -17 degrees Celsius at 8.30 a.m., -22 if you factor in the wind chill. President Alexander Stubb’s adviser says it’s been like this for several weeks, with the cold being especially harsh in the seaside capital.
Yet more clouds of dust from north Africa are expected to cloak parts of southern Greece over this coming weekend, carried over by strong southerly winds much earlier than usual amid unseasonably high temperatures, experts said Friday.
Nearly one child is diagnosed with cancer daily in Greece, totaling 300-350 cases annually among children and adolescents.
A car full of teenagers crashed in the seaside town of Loutsa, east of Athens Friday killing a 15-year-old passenger, state ERT television said.
A road bridge collapsed in southern Crete following recent spells of bad weather, authorities have said.
An Albanian actor is suing the government for using her face and voice to create the avatar for an “AI minister” – a virtual member of the cabinet.
Police in Trikala have arrested an elderly woman after a dispute at a local high school over her grandson’s academic results escalated and required police intervention.
Beyond the passions that the issue of immigration stokes, and wherever we stand on the acceptance-rejection spectrum, we all know that without foreign workers, our farm, construction and hospitality industries, among many others, would not only stall but they would collapse.
Farmers from across Greece have arrived in central Athens with their tractors to stage a protest after a call by a nationwide committee coordinating roadblocks.
A man has been arrested in Athens for allegedly repeatedly sexually abusing vulnerable children, in one case after bribing a victim’s imprisoned father, police said Friday.