Police searching for person who tortured horse to death
Police in the town of Halkida, in Evia, was searching on Saturday for the person who tortured to death a horse that was found lying in a rural street by passers by on Friday.
Turk Cypriots say road project disputed by UN is ‘essential’
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Saturday described as “essential” the construction of a road which has triggered rare tension with United Nations peacekeepers on the divided island.
Saving Athens: Climate change and an architecture for a new age
As heatwaves – like the ones Greece has experienced this summer – become longer and more intense, modern cities like Athens need to develop new strategies in order to shield the city and its inhabitants from rising temperatures.
Emergency alert issued for fire near Alexandroupolis
An emergency 112 alert has been issued to residents near the fire that broke out in a forest near the town of Alexandroupoli, in northeastern Greece, on Saturday.
Property market bullish across sectors
The real estate sector’s prospects appear to be bright, at least for the near future, with prices rising and several important projects taking shape.
Baseball bats, wooden bar and helmets found in the house of Greek hooligan
Iron baseball bats, a wooden bar and helmets were found in the house of a 43-year-old Greek hooligan that was arrested on Thursday afternoon in connection with the killing of a soccer fan last week.
Lighthouses open to public
Twenty-nine stone lighthouses around the country will open to the public for a few hours on Saturday as part of World Lighthouse Day, celebrated every year since 2003 on the third Sunday in August. With a total of 1,600 lighthouses, Greece has one of the largest, densest and most organized networks worldwide. They have an…
PM to host Western Balkan, EU leaders on Monday for enlargement talks
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has invited leaders of Western Balkan countries and EU officials to Athens on Monday night for a dinner and an informal discussion on EU enlargement and the European future of the region, his office announced.
USA tops Greece 108-86, moves to 4-0 in World Cup tune-up games
A fast start was all that USA Basketball needed to remain unbeaten as it keeps moving closer to the World Cup. Anthony Edwards scored 21 points, Cam Johnson added 13 and the US never trailed Friday in a 108-86 win over Greece in a World Cup tune-up game for both teams.
Congressmen condemn Cyprus buffer zone assault on UN
The authorities in the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus must “immediately withdraw all personnel and equipment from the UN buffer zone,” four members of the US Congress have said, after Turkish Cypriots assaulted a number of international peacekeepers for obstructing construction teams building a road that would encroach on the buffer zone.