The eastern Aegean island of Samos was jolted by a 4.3 magnitude earthquake on Friday morning, according to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens. No injuries or damage were reported.
Three Cyclades islands – Sifnos, Serifos, and Folegandros – have been named among Europe’s seven most endangered heritage sites for 2024, as announced this week.
Legislation concerning the new process of urban planning controls and demolitions, the establishment of the Water Management Organization of Thessaly and the new model of biomass management in forests is included in the Environment Ministry’s omnibus bill submitted to Parliament on Monday, after a 10-day consultation period.
A new poll by Metron Analysis for Mega TV has shown gains for ruling New Democracy and main opposition SYRIZA, and losses for socialist PASOK and nationalist Greek Solution.
Tensions with Ankara have resurfaced again after Ankara’s objections to Greece’s announcement to designate marine parks, including one in the Aegean Sea.
After the unseasonal balmy temperatures over the last few days, the weather will deteriorate in most parts of the country beginning on Friday until Saturday, with gale-force winds, rainstorms, lightning and local hail, according to a bulletin issued by the National Meteorological Service (EMY) on Thursday afternoon.
A team of 16-year-old students from the Experimental Senior High School of the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki has won the 2024 De La Vega Global Entrepreneurship Award for the game Wizzle, which is based on symmetries and artistic motifs found in all cultures, cultivates the imagination and combats stress.
A Greek mixologist duo, made up of Panos Minoudis and Andreas Giaprakas, has won a €10,000 prize for mixing cocktails in Cuba.
A 45-year-old Greek man accused of the murder of the 65-year-old German has been remanded in custody on Crete.
A moderately strong earthquake has struck central Turkey, the country’s disaster management agency said, causing damage to some buildings.
Xiromero/Dryland, the Greek pavilion at the Venice Biennale, has been inaugurated ahead of the official opening of the 60th international art exhibition on Saturday.
As part of the confidence-building measures agreed between Turkey and Greece, Greek military officials have visited a Turkish brigade.
The special “Easter Basket” that offers lower-price traditional Easter foods will come back into effect in the run-up to Orthodox Easter, from April 24 to May 4.
A human rights organization representing ethnic Armenians has submitted evidence to the International Criminal Court, arguing that Azerbaijan is committing an ongoing genocide against them.
Athens Airport Police arrested a 35-year-old foreign national, wanted for sexual offenses against a minor, upon his arrival from Switzerland.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced that he will meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on May 13 in Ankara.
An employee of the archaeological service on the Dodecanese island of Nisyros has been suspended from duty on foot of allegations that he was involved in child sexual abuse.
Lawyers for the family of Kyriaki Griva, who was murdered outside Agioi Anargyroi police station while seeking help from a violent ex-partner, have called for the police officers who dealt with Griva on that day to be investigated for potential negligence and manslaughter.
A Supreme Court prosecutor has ordered a probe into possible disciplinary liabilities on the part of a prosecutor in Larissa, who, in the context of the investigation of the 2023 Tempe railway collision, shelved complaints against political figures, instead of forwarding them to Parliament.
SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has removed a journalist and presenter from the party’s list of candidates for the June European Parliament elections following controversial statements by the latter regarding the abuse of women and gender-based violence.
Significant rain will hit large parts of Greece from Friday to Saturday afternoon, the National Meteorological Service (EMY) said in emergency bulletin issued on Thursday.
Greek police said on Thursday that a man who reported that his child had been sexually abused on the island of Nisyros will not be deported, after it was revealed that he had been banned from entering into the country.
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