Two Sudanese men have been arrested on the southern island of Crete on suspicion of steering a small boat that ferried 110 migrants over from the other side of the Mediterranean, authorities said Sunday.
Thrasivoulos Marakis grew up hearing stories about the grandfather he was named after but never met — including how the tall man was executed during World War II Nazi reprisals in Greece.
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos paused his filmmaking and promotion schedule this week to celebrate a quieter creative pursuit: photography. The 52-year-old Greek director on Friday inaugurated an exhibition of his photographs in his hometown of Athens, presenting images he has taken over the past five years — many captured while making his films, wandering through…
A biker who allegedly posted videos on social media of himself driving dangerously – including doing stunts while using one hand to livestream – has been arrested on the island of Aigina near Athens.
Coast Guard personnel in the southeastern Aegean Sea fired several gunshots to disable and stop an unusually high-powered speedboat carrying migrants – including 15 children – from Turkey to Rhodes and arrested two suspected smugglers, authorities said.
Authorities at the northeastern border with Turkey have arrested a truck driver accused of smuggling migrants into the country in the latest of a string of similar detentions, police said Sunday.
Most of central Athens will be locked down until at least 2 pm Sunday due to a series of footraces held as part of Athens Half Marathon 2026, which will severely disrupt all public transport except for the capital’s metro system.
More than 500 Greek citizens have been flown back from the war-afflicted Persian Gulf region so far this weekend while similar flights will continue in coming days, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
A group of about 30 people in central Athens attacked a coach carrying the Olympiakos women’s basketball team back from a game against cross-town rivals Panathinaikos, state ERT television said.
Police in Thessaloniki early Sunday arrested a motorist for driving at twice the legal speed limit on the national highway, amid a protracted crackdown on highway code breaches following the introduction of harsher penalties for dangerous driving.