Ionian Islands warned of thunderstorms
Residents of Kefalonia, Ithaca, and Zakynthos were warned on Tuesday of dangerous weather phenomena at night by text message through the 112 European Emergency Number.
Residents of Kefalonia, Ithaca, and Zakynthos were warned on Tuesday of dangerous weather phenomena at night by text message through the 112 European Emergency Number.
Electrical appliances recorded 8.6% growth in sales volume and a 27% jump in sales value in the first seven months of the year on an annual basis.
Police in Athens have launched an investigation after an arsenal of weapons was discovered in a ground-floor warehouse in the upmarket Kolonaki district of the city. The hoard, which was found on Neofytou Douka Street included a number of M1-style rifles, magazines, hundreds of bullets and three old grenades.
Monday’s call between the new SYRIZA leader, Stefanos Kasselakis, and PASOK chief Nikos Androulakis was not a long one: Androulakis offered his congratulations and best wishes, Kasselakis asked that they be on a first-name basis and Nikos took his leave of Stefanos without extending an invitation to a meeting.
A metropolitan bishop and his deputy have received a 30-month prison sentence, suspended for three years, after being found guilty of the unlawful removal of valuable religious objects from a church.
Epidemiologists are investigating two deaths from leptospirosis in a village on Corfu. The deaths occurred in the northern village of Karousades. On Friday, a man from the village died from the infection shortly after being admitted to hospital. His was the second death from leptospirosis since May.
A 41-year-old Australian citizen who was arrested in Mykonos in July 2021 as a suspected member of an international drug ring has appealed a decision to extradite him to the United States. US authorities believe that from May 2019 to May 2021, he participated in a conspiracy to money launder and smuggle drugs.
The British Museum has launched a public hotline asking for help to locate some 2,000 missing artefacts, revealing they were mostly ancient Greek and Roman gems and jewelry. The museum said last month it had sacked a staff member over stolen, missing or damaged items in a crisis that highlighted internal failings.
The implementation of Greece’s armament program and the management of migration were the man topics discussed in a meeting of the Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) on Tuesday, chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.