Police said on Saturday that it detained 56 people after clashes broke out in the Athens district of Exarchia on Friday night during an anti-rape rally between protestors and riot unit offers.
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias paid tribute to the work of world-renowned Greek Cypriot fetal medicine pioneer Dr Kypros Nicolaides at the King’s College London university and hospital in a special ceremony held in the British capital.
Residents were evacuated on Saturday as a wildfire which started in mountainous forests in the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos threatened properties at the beach resort of Vatera.
Almost 18 months after uniting political forces in Italy, Mario Draghi resigned as prime minister.
Greece’s Foreign Ministry has issued a terse response to allegations from Turkey regarding the closure of four minority primary schools in the northeastern province of Thrace, which, Ankara claims constitutes a violation of the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne provisions safeguarding the rights of Muslims in the area.
Referring to Greece’s deterrent capabilities, Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos reiterated that it is no threat to anyone but that it will also defend itself if required.
Consumers are putting less into their supermarket trolleys as price hikes continue to eat into their disposable incomes.
The European Commission on Friday approved the registration of a traditional handmade pasta, “Makaronia tis Smilas/ /Makaronia tou Sklinitziou,” as the latest product with protected geographical indication (PGI) from Cyprus.
A local jumps over a fence as wildfire burns near the village of Vatera, on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, Saturday.
Visitor numbers across Greece’s museums and archaeological sites have risen this year to pre-pandemic levels, a survey has found.