News archive of August 2024

The Ministry of Culture is fully implementing a plan to unify the two Acropolises of Ioannina and to highlight and sustainably utilise this iconic monumental complex as a unified archaeological and cultural site.

SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis and his partner, Tyler McBeth, married at the Hania Botanical Garden on Friday evening under tight security.

A police patrol blocked access to uninvited guests. Two people were detained for attempting to capture aerial footage with a drone. Authorities used a drone detection system and required guests to surrender their phones. 

The A.Antonopoulou Art gallery (20 Aristofanous, aaart.gr) will showcase "Water Abandons Itself - Gold Takes Life Over," a solo exhibition of works by Athens-based artist Stefania Strouza, curated by Marina Fokidis.

Lightning strikes on Friday afternoon sparked 24 fires across the country, the fire service has said.

A total of 72 fires broke out in the last 24 hours in wooded and agricultural areas, mainly in the Peloponnese, Skyros, Attica, Viotia and Evia, of which 50 were dealt with immediately, the service added.

Firefighters are continuing to combat 22 fires.

A car got stuck in a pothole that opened up on an Athens street amid heavy rain.

The pothole on Halkidos Street appeared following recent roadworks by a utility company. Municipal officials quickly responded, securing the area and coordinating with the contractor so that the car owner would be compensated.

Stefanos Kasselakis and Tyler Macbeth got married on the terrace of the Botanical Garden of Chania shortly after 6:00 PM.

At 6:00 PM on Friday, the couple arrived at the ceremony site under strict security measures, while their guests had started arriving a bit earlier.

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Another tragedy struck the roads of Euboea on Friday afternoon when a car crash resulted in the deaths of two young people.

The accident happened shortly after the traffic lights in Lampsakou, Chalkida, when the car, under unknown circumstances, collided head-on with a truck.

Ahead of the new academic year, which starts on September 11, Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis presented 11 changes to improve the teaching process and school life in a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday.

Mitsotakis said in his statement that the 11 "very important changes" include 10,000 new permanent teacher hires.

The European Union has not yet done enough to boost its own arms production capacities in light of geopolitical threats, in particular Russia's war on Ukraine, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday.

The 36-year-old firefighter who savagely beat his wife last Sunday in front of their two-year-old child at their home in Polihnitos, Mytilene, has been sent to jail.