News archive of September 2024

Israel's military announced Sunday the discovery of six dead hostages in a Gaza tunnel, as medics in Palestinian territory braced for pauses in fighting for a polio vaccination drive.

The hostages' remains were recovered Saturday "from an underground tunnel in the Rafah area" and formally identified in Israel, a military statement said.

A 2.3 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in Thrakomakedones was felt on the morning of Sunday, September 1st, in Athens.

The earthquake occurred at 08:08, with a focal depth of 9.5 km.

The epicenter was located 3 kilometers southwest of Thrakomakedones.

Bulgaria recently endured an exceptionally hot and dry period, according to the latest JRC MARS Bulletin from the European Commission's Joint Research Center, which monitors crops across Europe. The report indicates that temperatures during this period exceeded normal levels by 2-3°C, marking the hottest conditions since 1975.

Greek airports are showing impressive performance, with passenger traffic for the first seven months of 2024 signaling a record-breaking year.

Russia claimed Saturday that a group of its forces captured the settlement of Kirove in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.

In a statement, the country's Defense Ministry said its Tsentr (Center) forces had captured Kirove, while other army groups had advanced along the frontline.

Türkiye is not compelled to choose between the EU and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), "as some claim," the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday.




"While strengthening our relations with the East, we seek ways to advance our deep-rooted cooperation with the West," Erdoğan said at the Naval War College Commencement and Flag Handover Ceremony in Istanbul.

Faced with a hefty fine as long as professionals and self-employed people do not join the payment system. The obligors’ mobile phone must be connected to a business account, the one that in banking terminology is called a “current account.

Joint research by tourism consultants shows that there is an increasing demand for 'off-the-beaten-path' destinations in Greece. The survey, 'Greece's emerging summer destinations 2024,' points to a trend that started even before the Covid-19 pandemic and has accelerated this year, as reports of saturation and crowding in the most popular destinations spread.

The alarm about the decline of water resources in the country due to climate change, which she describes as extremely serious and constantly worsening, has been sounded by Elisabeth Feloni, professor of hydrology at the University of West Attica

The Theater of the No (3 Konstantinou Paleologou) presents "A Report to an Academy," a gripping adaptation of Franz Kafka's short story by acclaimed German director Gabriele Jakobi. Featuring US actor Robert McNamara as Red Peter, the play delves into the transformation of an ape into a man, exploring themes of free will, animal rights and vegetarianism.