Attica bus fire leads to passenger evacuation
Passengers had to be evacuated from a bus in Pallini, east of the capital, after a suspected engine fault caused it to catch fire on Monday.
Greek Cypriots fear Trojan horse in ghost town
Greek Cypriot officials in the south are calling once again on Varosha title deed holders to stay away from a “legal trap” in the north, pointing to Ottoman religious foundations officially acknowledged as interested parties by a commission that examines property claims in the divided island’s ghost town.
How a snowstorm paralyzed Attica
A week after a snowstorm paralyzed the Attica region, Greece’s most populous, a pretty clear picture has emerged as to what caused this, and it was not just the uncommonly harsh weather event.
Dendias in Ukraine for meeting with diaspora Greeks
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will on Monday visit Mariupol and the village of Sartana in Ukraine’s Donetsk region for a meeting with local officials and members of the Greek diaspora.
Fuel removed from freighter stranded off Crete
Authorities say all fuel and other hazardous substances have been removed from the Manassa Rose cargo ship in an attempt to mitigate impacts to the environment after the vessel ran aground off Crete a week ago.
Perennial problems at grid operator DEDDIE
Once again thousands of households have been left for hours and days without power in difficult conditions as a result of bad weather.
Scientists on alert over rising cases caused by Omicron cousin BA.2
The highly transmissible Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus – the most common form of which is known as BA.1 – now accounts for nearly all of the coronavirus infections globally, although dramatic surges in Covid cases have already peaked in some countries.
Cyprus Orthodox archbishop suspends 12 unvaccinated priests
The head of Cyprus’ Orthodox Christian Church said Sunday that he will suspend a dozen priests from his diocese because they refused to heed his call to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
The two systems of government
The country has to choose between two systems of government, especially in times of crisis: the European and the Third World system.
Erdogan and Skanderbeg’s ghost
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s latest visit to Albania was unlike others in the past. Sure, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama gave him the red-carpet treatment, but the excitement of yesteryear was conspicuously absent.