Teen from Arcadia dies in bike ride accident
A 15-year-old boy from Arcadia, southern Greece, was killed on Tuesday when his bicycle crashed into that of another teen who was cycling in front of him, local police said Wednesday.
A 15-year-old boy from Arcadia, southern Greece, was killed on Tuesday when his bicycle crashed into that of another teen who was cycling in front of him, local police said Wednesday.
A Mixed Jury Court on Wednesday unanimously convicted a 50-year-old man from Thessaloniki to life imprisonment and three years for stabbing his wife to death in their home in November 2021.
A nurse at the General Hospital of Nikaia, in Piraeus, suffered an electric shock on Tuesday morning after accidentally touching exposed wires while working in the Covid ward, the union representing Greek public hospital staff (POEDIN) said Wednesday.
Vulnerable groups and people over the age of 60 will likely be able to get vaccinated against Omicron’s BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants in early October, Greek Health Μinister Thanos Plevris said on Wednesday in Parliament.
The Greek government unveiled details of a plan to subsidize electricity and natural gas bills for households to mitigate a jump in prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian Embassy in Nicosia has refuted a story in Turkish newspaper Milliyet that direct flights from Russia to occupied northern Cyprus will commence, according to RIA Novosti.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis accused Turkey of “extreme aggressive rhetoric” and “unacceptable claims that challenge Greek sovereignty” in a meeting with Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid in New York on Tuesday.
Aside from key elections next year in both Turkey and Greece, 2023 also marks the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne, the treaty that established Turkey’s modern borders and is at the heart of Greek-Turkish relations, and the centennial of the founding of the Turkish Republic.
The prevalence of dementia on a global level is also impacting Greece, with research suggesting a sharp rise of 45% by 2050.
Wandering around the streets of Athens during the lockdowns, French artist Nicolas Hubesch became inspired by the rundown apartment blocks and neighborhoods that went up to accommodate thousands of refugees from Asia Minor a century ago.