A Greek appeals court on Wednesday handed down heavy prison sentences to 10 people found guilty over the 2018 wildfire in the coastal town of Mati, east of Athens, which killed more than 100 people in the country’s deadliest fire in living memory.
Apache helicopters of the Greek army fly as soldiers participate in the US-led Immediate Response 25 military exercise in Petrochori, northern Greece, Wednesday.
Geology Professor Paraskevi (Evi) Nomikos has been awarded the prestigious Fisher Medal by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI), becoming the first Greek volcanologist to receive this honor.
Eleven Greek non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have sent a joint letter to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ahead of World Environment Day on Thursday, warning of worsening environmental degradation and calling for urgent policy action.
A 34-year-old man in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki has been charged with multiple felonies, including animal killing, drug offences, and illegal weapons possession, authorities said on Wednesday.
The Prinkipo Greek Orthodox Orphanage, Europe’s largest wooden building, off Istanbul’s coast, may escape decay through conversion to a luxury hotel after the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Synod unanimously approved plans for its development.
“The Greek economy remains strong,” the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says.
Authorities are investigating a violent incident involving primary school students in Crete after a video surfaced showing a nine-year-old boy assaulting a classmate, local media reported on Wednesday.
Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias was expected in France on Wednesday for the launching ceremony of the third Belharra-class frigate, HS Formion, being built by France’s Naval Group for the Hellenic Navy.
A Greek diplomatic delegation led by Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis is in Cairo on Wednesday for talks concerning the status of the Orthodox Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.