state-run Athens-Macedonia News Agency

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday met on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius. There was no immediate report on the content of the discussions, which extended for approximately one hour. 

The death toll from a dinghy carrying 19 people which capsized on Friday morning north of a cluster of islands in the northeastern Aegean has risen to seven, the state-run Athens-Macedonia News Agency reported.
Authorities reportedly said all of the passengers were Turkish citizens.

More than 2,000 people attended a gathering to express solidarity with the people of France in Athens on Thursday evening, following the deadly attack in Paris on Wednesday against satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which left 12 people dead and 11 wounded.

The level of Evros River in northern Greece dropped to 5.80 meters on Tuesday after several days above 6 meters, though it is still not below the danger level of 5.70 meters, civil protection authorities in northern Greece said, as a new wave of rain is expected on Tuesday night and Wednesday.

The Greek Police has launched an administrative inquiry into allegations that riot officers used violence against two accredited journalists during clashes that broke out between police and protesters in the downtown Athenian neighborhood of Exarchia on Monday in the aftermath of a large rally marking the November 17, 1973, student uprising against the military dictatorship.

The second day of a search operation to locate a fisherman reported missing on Wednesday morning continued on Thursday without result, the state-run Athens-Macedonia News Agency reported.

The 58-year-old seafarer went missing off the coast of Ierissos in the Halkidiki peninsula in northern Greece after his boat went down under unspecified circumstances.

Remains believed to belong to a French woman who went missing on the peaks of Mount Olympus on September 30, 2010, were discovered on Sunday below the Loutsa trail, the state-run Athens-Macedonia News Agency reported.

The body was discovered accidentally by another hiker, who promptly alerted the authorities.

Greece's fourth-largest lender, Alpha Bank on Monday announced that it is launching a voluntary dismissal program as part of cost-cutting efforts, the state-run Athens-Macedonia News Agency said.

Employees at the bank have until September 30 to apply for the program or face possible sacking.

Workers on short-term contracts are not eligible for the program.

A 47-year-old mechanical engineer working for the Municipality of Thessaloniki died on Tuesday at the northern port city's AHEPA hospital due to injuries sustained on the job on July 21, the state-run Athens-Macedonia News Agency has reported.

A 45-year-old French tourist vacationing in Iraklio, Crete, with her husband died on Sunday after falling off the third-floor balcony of the hotel the couple was staying at, the state-run Athens-Macedonia News Agency (AMNA) reported.

The woman was taken to a local hospital, where her death was confirmed.