European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed Ukraine as “the beating heart of today’s European values” in a deeply symbolic visit to Kyiv on Tuesday as Russia marked its World War Two Victory Day.
Eurovision 2023 has kicked off in Liverpool, northern England, where acts from 37 countries are competing to win the 67th edition of the song contest. Greece’s entry Victor Vernicos will perform his original song “What They Say.”
Belgian authorities have released two suspects in the Qatargate corruption scandal from house arrest on conditions. Belgian MEP Marc Tarabella and Francesco Giorgi, the Italian parliamentary assistant of Greek MEP Eva Kaili, had been under house arrest in the case of alleged bribes from Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania to influence European Parliament decision making.
A five-month-old baby died in the northwestern city of Arta after being left in a car for three hours. Local media reported that a parent had forgotten that they had left the baby in the back seat of the car.
A strike called by teacher unions to coincide with the holding of the country’s first-ever testing program aimed at evaluating whether schools are giving youngsters the education and skills they need has been declared illegal by an Athens court.
Police have arrested a 45-year-old male Coast Guard officer on suspicion that he planted a live hand grenade outside the home of a female colleague in the southern Athens suburb of Glyfada.
The Acropolis Museum will mark the European Night of Museums on Saturday, May 13, with extended opening hours from 9 a.m. to midnight and free entry from 8 p.m.
A Thessaloniki appeals court has sentenced a 65-year-old man to seven years’ imprisonment for the sexual abuse of a 6-year-old neighbor. The case became known in 2018 when the victim told her parents about the abuse, which began two years beforehand.
Artificial intelligence is being deployed in the battle for the prevention and management of forest fires through innovative programs developed and coordinated by the National Observatory of Athens (NOA).
The Greek Embassy in Washington, DC, is unveiling an exhibition of photographs by Dody Tsiantar, a journalist and retired adjunct professor at Columbia University J School.