Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met on Monday with Fredi Beleri, the jailed member of Albania’s ethnic Greek minority who was elected last month to the European Parliament and is visiting Athens on his way to Strasbourg.
A man with mental health problems threatened to injure himself in the Athenian district of Patisia after medics arrived at his home to transfer him to a psychiatric facility.
A wildfire broke out on the island of Tzia (also known as Kea) near Athens on Monday.
Greek authorities have warned of an impending weeklong heat wave during the summer tourist season, with a high risk of dangerous wildfire.
When we were first starting in journalism, our older colleagues would give us a piece of advice: “Never put the Cyprus issue as the top story because it doesn’t sell.”
In a bid to instill a love for reading among Greece’s rote-jaded youngsters, the government is bringing more literature to the classroom, Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis told Kathimerini’s Sunday edition.
Fredi Beleri, the jailed member of Albania’s ethnic Greek minority who was elected last month to the European Parliament, has arrived in Athens after being granted a five-day leave. Beleri is scheduled to travel to Strasbourg for the opening session of the new EU assembly.
A wildfire broke out Monday morning in the area of Profitis Ilias in the Iraklio regional unit on the southern island of Crete.
Amid the sweltering heatwave, residents and businesses in the Greek capital are urged to take out their trash before 11 a.m. or after 5 p.m., as collections will not take place during the hottest part of the day.
After a stop at the French capital’s Paris l’été summer festival last week, Patricia Apergis’ “House of Trouble” is returning to Greece for a single show at the Kalamata Dance Festival, this Wednesday.