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.
The Athens City Council is set to vote Wednesday on converting central Vassilissis Olgas Street into a low-traffic road with a 20 km/h speed limit, aiming to ease congestion while also cutting pollution.
Migration Minister Thanos Plevris met on Tuesday with the British Ambassador to Greece, Matthew Lodge, to discuss the government’s new immigration plan, the ministry said.
An 8-year-old boy from the city of Volos in central Greece injured in a hit-and-run accident last week was discharged after days of hospitalization at the pediatric clinic of Larissa Hospital.