News archive of July 2024

The Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek hand-powered orrery, which is the oldest known analog computer, followed the Greek lunar calendar, not the solar one used by the Egyptians as previously believed, according to new research by a team from the University of Glasgow.

Smoke billows from an area targeted by Israeli bombardment in the Gaza City district of Shujaiya on June 28, 2024.

Heavy battles and bombardment hit Gaza City's Shujaiya district for a fourth day on Sunday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged his forces were engaged in a "difficult fight".

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his new government on Sunday with the former opposition parties getting 12 out of 32 portfolios after the ruling ANC lost its outright parliamentary majority.

People gather at Republique plaza to protest the far-right National Rally, which came out strongly ahead in first-round legislative elections, Sunday, June 30, 2024

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has reportedly heeded the message sent by the 37 MPs that took the floor at last Wednesday's tumultuous meeting of ruling New Democracy's parliamentary group.

An explosion at a workplace in the western city of İzmir's Torbalı district on Sunday killed at least five people and injured dozens, authorities confirmed.

Three individuals were pronounced dead at the scene, while two succumbed to injuries later at a hospital, İzmir Mayor Cemil Tugay said.

The images posted on a Facbook page as the fire raged in a Zakynthos forest on Sunday night are causing outrage.

In particular, the video posted on the Forecast Weather Greece page shows people continuing to have fun at a festival, while the fire was burning uncontrollably in the forest directly behind them.

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High plot rates, combined with the realization by some house builders that the prices of newly built properties are unlikely to keep rising at the same pace, seem to have put a brake on new housing construction.

Based on the seasonally adjusted data of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), in this year's first quarter investments in housing decreased by 14% on an annual basis.

The 13th Athens Energy Summit is taking place on Thursday and Friday this week at Hotel Grande Bretagne, at Syntagma Square. 

Opening proceedings on Thursday will be a speech by Greece's Environment and Energy Minister Thodoros Skylakakis. 

For more information visit athensenergysummit.gr.

Iranian voters signaled their disenchantment with Iran's system of clerical rule in the country's presidential election Friday, going to the polls in record-low numbers to help two establishment candidates limp to a runoff.