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Police on Crete seize thousands of illegal firecrackers
Police on the island of Crete arrested a man on Thursday accused of possessing and trading thousands of firecrackers and flares, which are illegally used during Easter celebrations in Greece.
Specifically, the Rethymno Police Department conducted an investigation at the business of the suspect in the area of Mylopotamos, and confiscated a total of 52,800 firecrackers.
Missing man found dead in northern Greece canal
Police discovered the body of a 43-year-old man, reported missing since April 20, on Thursday in a canal in the rural region of Chalkidona near Thessaloniki in northern Greece.
Initial indications suggest no criminal activity in his death; however, precise causes will be determined after a forensic examination.
Convicted leader of Greek far-right Golden Dawn party released on parole
The convicted leader and founder of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party, Nikos Mihaloliakos, has been released from prison on parole, a Greek police source and state television ERT said on Thursday.
Nine arrested in western Greece for domestic violence
Nine people were arrested in western Greece for domestic violence, with most incidents taking place in the town of Patra, police said on Thursday.
Greek summer wildfire threat nears, outpacing plans to contain it
When firefighters arrived at a blaze in a pine forest on the Greek island of Rhodes last July, flames were already leaping above the trees into the night sky. The volunteers needed to act fast, but dense vegetation on the forest floor blocked access.
Rama visit hangs in the balance
Questions have arisen as to whether Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's visit to Athens will finally be allowed on May 12, when he is scheduled to address a gathering of Albanian immigrants, members and friends of his party.
The rally had originally been planned to be held at the Galatsi Olympic Hall, before permission was revoked by the municipality due to other planned activities.
RRF is precious for growth
The expansion rate of the economy this year would have been just over 1% (compared to the 2.5% predicted in the new Stability Program 2024-2025) were it not for the resources of the Recovery and Resilience Fund, senior National Economy and Finance Ministry officials acknowledge, confirming the key role of the RRF for the Greek economy.
The fallout from Ankara’s adventurism
The reasons why Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's planned visit to Washington was called off lie in the distant, but also the recent past.
Why is Athens sending weapons to Kyiv?
A few days after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Greek government responded positively to the request to send a weapons package to the defending country. According to available data, Athens has already supplied the Ukrainian armed forces with bullets, artillery shells, assault rifles, anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles, armored vehicles and towed howitzers.
Chores | Athens | May 8
Greece's Eurovision entry with Marina Satti has sparked excitement, but her role as artistic director of the talented female choir Chores adds a new dimension. Following their acclaimed 2023 performance, they're set to captivate audiences at the Stoa of Attalos (4 Adrianou) in the Ancient Agora of Athens.
Greece boosts special firefighting units to cope with its growing heat risk
Skimming over miles of hills blackened by wildfires west of Athens, Fire Lt. Col. Ioannis Kolovos readies his elite fire crew crouched inside a helicopter.
The 21st international simulation conference of the United Nations, ThessISMUN, at PAMAK
The United Nations simulation conference, with the participation of 200 students from Greece and abroad
Greece experiences warmest April in 15 years
This April, high maximum daily temperatures were widespread across Greece, according to data from the network of 53 meteorological stations operated by meteo.gr of the National Observatory of Athens.
Positive temperature anomalies marked many days of the month, resulting in the warmest April since 2010 in Thessaly, the Peloponnese and the Aegean Islands (excluding Crete).
No seats left on Easter ferries
Ferries will depart on Thursday and Friday with a 100% occupancy rate, to serve the Easter travelers, while there are very few airline seats that remain available on the Aegean Airlines network for trips either in Greece or abroad.
Turkish Coast Guard rescues 60 irregular migrants off coast of İzmir
The Turkish Coast Guard has rescued 60 irregular migrants, including 22 children, in life rafts believed to have been pushed back into Turkish waters by Greek authorities off the coast of the Dikili district in the western province of İzmir on May 1.