Climate change made the heavy rainfall that led to deadly floods in Libya up to 50 times more likely, scientists said on Tuesday. The powerful September 10 storm caused two dams to break, inundating Libya’s eastern city of Derna and killing thousands of people.
Against the backdrop of rising incidents of physical assault against health personnel, a special discussion organized by the Medical Association of Thessaloniki highlighted the warning signs of violence outbreaks and ways to de-escalate the tension.
An investigation has been launched into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 20-year-old merchant navy cadet, who was repatriated to Greece after falling ill on a training trip on a Greek-flagged tanker.
The Hellenic National Defence General Staff has released the names of the three members of the Armed Forces who were part of a Greek search-and-rescue team in Libya that was killed in a road accident on Sunday.
A 68-year-old man who shot and killed a parking attendant in the capital’s port city of Piraeus over a trivial grievance has been remanded into pretrial custody.
A strike and rally called for Thursday by the Athens Labor Unions Organization (EKA) to protest recent government policy announcements gathered steam on Tuesday, as civil servants, air traffic controllers and bus drivers joined the action.
Ankara will not be swayed by pressure from US Congress or any of its officials via the matter of the F-16 sale, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Monday during an interview on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
There are no indications that the two Turkish nationals who were arrested on suspicion of espionage after they were seen flying a drone over a naval station on the island of Poros are spies, Kathimerini understands.
SYRIZA leadership candidate Nikos Pappas on Tuesday voiced his support for frontrunner Stefanos Kasselakis after failing to make the cut on Sunday for the top spot in the leftist opposition party.
A law capping the profit margins on basic essential goods could also apply in the following year if inflation persists, Development Minister Kostas Skrekas said on Sunday at the OT Forum held at the 87th Thessaloniki International Forum.