News archive of June 2024

Two new wildfires ignited near the Greek capital on Saturday afternoon, with fire-fighters rushing to put them out as strong winds fanned the flames.

The first blaze was in the area of Katsimidi, on Mount Parnitha, located on the northwestern outskirts of Athens. Authorities send an emergency message to local residents to be on alert in case they need to evacuate. 

A fire broke out on Saturday afternoon in Parnitha.

The fire is burning in Katsimidi, Parnitha.

Significant mobilization of ground and aerial resources.

Α 15-year-old boy from a settlement just outside Patras, in southwestern Greece, was severely beaten by his father and uncle after he revealed to them that he was gay, local media reported on Saturday.

The northern port of Thessaloniki is hosting the EuroPride parade on Saturday evening, marking the end of a 10-day celebration of the LGBTQI community, with events that ranged from the awareness-raising and political to the fun.

Athens has so many restaurants nowadays, but does it have good ones? Without a doubt. Does it have enough decent restaurants? No. I think we need to dispel the myth: There's only a small number of good restaurants in what is a small market.

The pier built by the US military to bring aid to Gaza has been removed due to weather to protect it, and the US is considering not re-installing it unless the aid begins flowing out into the population again, US officials said Friday.

Iran's sole reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian and ultraconservative Saeed Jalili have qualified for a runoff presidential election after leading in the first round, an official said on Saturday.

Pezeshkian got more than 10,400,000 votes and Jalili, a former nuclear negotiator, has more than 9,400,000, said Mohsen Eslami, spokesman of Iran's election authority.

Greeks are the least satisfied among their EU peers with the amount of of free time that is available to them, according to a 2022 Eurostat online publication that focuses on quality of life indicators published on Friday.

Airport traffic this month has resembled the peak of the summer season (end of July to beginning of August).

The increased air traffic is revealed by the data of the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) for the period from June 17 to 23, during which Greece was among the 10 European countries with the strongest flight activity.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for the resumption of production of intermediate-range missiles that were previously banned under the now-defunct treaty with the United States, as reported by the Associated Press.