Kosovo’s parliament has elected a new speaker, ending a six-month legislative crisis that had blocked efforts by the outgoing Prime Minister Albin Kurti to form a new government after an inconclusive election in February.
The government has announced a two-month extension for the issuance process of the new Personal Number, giving the public until November 5 to complete the procedure.
A 54-year-old taxi driver was arrested at Athens International Airport after allegedly overcharging a female passenger.
Wildfires have burned more than a million hectares of land in the European Union this year so far, the highest amount in any year since official records began in 2006, EU data showed.
Authorities warned of a very high risk of wildfires Wednesday in Attica, parts of Central Greece, Crete and the North and South Aegean, according to the Fire Risk Forecast Map issued by the General Secretariat for Civil Protection.
A 40-year-old man who was hospitalized with serious burns from a fire that broke out last Friday night at the Ammoudara stadium in Iraklio, Crete, succumbed to his injuries, a local news website reported on Tuesday.
A 40-year-old man accused of murdering his 36-year-old wife last week will appear before an investigative magistrate on Tuesday to testify.
Turkish fishermen have for years been playing a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek with the Greek coast guard in the eastern Aegean, slipping into Greece’s territorial waters, sometimes less than a mile from shore.
Bus coupon in hand, Diamantoula Vassiliou headed for the sea, determined to make the most of her brief beach excursion.
An investigative magistrate in the city of Volos, central Greece, ordered on Tuesday the pretrial detention of a suspect accused of murdering his 36-year-old wife last week.