Adrift vessel reaches Crete
A drifting vessel, with hundreds of migrants and refugees believed to be on board, arrived safely at a Cretan port on Tuesday, concluding a major rescue operation that had been underway since the morning.
A drifting vessel, with hundreds of migrants and refugees believed to be on board, arrived safely at a Cretan port on Tuesday, concluding a major rescue operation that had been underway since the morning.
Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis on Tuesday called for the introduction of a city tax that will be paid by visitors towards the municipal authority to help it respond to increased pressure on services from the influx of tourists.
Linde, the world’s largest industrial gases company, said on Tuesday it has started producing green hydrogen at its facilities in Greece.
A new administration appointed by the government took over on Tuesday at the Ark of the World, as the children’s charity is being investigated over allegations of widespread physical, mental and sexual abuse.
The Municipality of Filothei-Psychiko in northern Athens is Greece’s first suburb to attempt to stop the increase in the height of buildings in its area.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Tuesday pointed the finger squarely at Greece for the spike in tension in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean, and expressed Ankara’s intention to press on with controversial energy plans in the area.
The European Union warned of “escalation and violence” on Monday after Kosovo and Serbia failed to agree in emergency talks on a solution to their long-running dispute over car license plates used by the ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo.
The police on Tuesday announced the arrest of the lead suspect in an arson attack against the Athens headquarters of the Real News media group that took place in July.
Greek authorities say a major rescue operation is under way off the coast of the southern island of Crete after a boat believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants lost steering and was drifting in rough seas.
Four years after releasing her instant best-seller and critically acclaimed autobiography, “Becoming,” Michelle Obama is back with a new book, “The Light We Carry,” which has been released in Greece by Athens Bookstore Publications.