Fire breaks out at dough factory in west Attica
A fire broke out early Monday morning in a dough production manufactory plant in Magoula, west Attica.
Elderly man hurled off by jet blast on Skiathos
A 79-year-old man suffered minor injuries on Sunday after being hit with a passenger airplane’s jet blast at a Greek island known for its close-up views of airplanes.
Crete: Search for Austrian swimmer missing since Sunday
Greece’s Coast Guard was searching on Monday for an Austrian tourist who went missing on Sunday afternoon while she was swimming in front of her hotel at the resort town of Ierapetra, southeast Crete.
Efforts afoot to de-escalate tensions
The United States, seconded by Germany, has intervened decisively to keep tensions between uneasy allies Greece and Turkey from boiling over.
Refugee Week kicks off with workshops, cultural events
A series of special events will mark Refugee Week Greece from June 20-26, in an extended version of World Refugee Day.
Antikythera shipwreck dig season brings up massive marble head
Two human teeth embedded in a compact mass with copper traces were found during the May 23-June 15 underwater excavation of the Antikythera island shipwreck that dates to around 60 BC, the Greek Ministry of Culture announced on Sunday.
Deep tremor strucks at sea in southeastern Greece
A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck overnight southwest of the island of Karpathos, in the southeastern Aegean Sea, the Athens-based Institute of Geodynamics said.
Experts expect pandemic summer surge due to Omicron subvariants
Greece will see a surge of Covid-19 this summer, which, however, will not significantly affect the hard indicators, such as ICU hospitalizations and deaths, experts and health authorities have said.
Open letter to NATO Secretary-General
Veteran diplomat and politician Petros Molyviatis has penned an open letter to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg over the latter’s recent urging of Greece and Turkey to settle their differences.
Imagining a Japan where life ends (voluntarily) at 75
The Japanese film director Chie Hayakawa was germinating the idea for a screenplay when she decided to test out her premise on elderly friends of her mother and other acquaintances.