A major operation is underway to tow the Greek-owned tanker Sounion, which is on fire in the Red Sea. The vessel, carrying 150,000 tons of crude oil, was struck by Yemeni Houthi rebels on August 21.
The Central Port Authority of Volos has banned swimming in a large section of the city’s coastline due to dead fish from Lake Karla washing into the Pagasetic Gulf.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the town of Farkadona in Thessaly on Monday, a year after the area was devastated by storm Daniel.
A 61-year-old man is hospitalized on life support after being found severely injured in an elevator shaft at a construction site in the northern port city of Thessaloniki.
A former ethnic Greek mayor of an Albanian town, whose imprisonment on vote-buying charges has strained Albanian-Greek ties, has been released on probation, his office and a lawyer said Monday.
The investor promoting the controversial construction of a large tourist accommodation “village” on the Aegean island of Astypalaia says that it will not go ahead if it is not embraced by the local community.
Whoever wins the US presidential election, the Greek-American relationship – which has been “exceptionally close” in recent years – will remain unaffected, says Kurt Volker, the US special representative for Ukraine during Donald Trump’s presidency, in an interview with Kathimerini.
After 16 months in an Albanian prison, Fredi Beleri has been granted early release. His request, which had been postponed three times, was approved on Monday.
Foreign students will be able to study Accounting and Finance in Thessaloniki as of this October.
The government is launching a package of measures to preserve the long-term viability of Greek tourism, and to address issues caused by the growing number of visitors, which has already reached a new high.