Aetolia-Acarnania

Two men in their early 20s have been killed in road crash in the west of the country when the car they were travelling in left the road and crashed into a tree.

The fatal accident occurred on the provincial road between Stamna and Aitoliko in Aetolia-Acarnania.

A 65-year-old farmer missing since Wednesday in western Greece was found dead on Thursday, crushed by his tractor, state-run broadcaster ERT reported.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday visited the construction site where the Amfilochia pumped storage energy unit in northwestern Aetolia-Acarnania is being built, which is the biggest large-scale energy storage investment in Greece.

US Ambassador to Athens, George Tsunis, celebrated his birthday on Tuesday with a visit to the head of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop II Ieronymos of Athens, accompanied by his mother, Eleni Tsunis. The Archbishop warmly greeted Tsunis and extended heartfelt birthday wishes.

No matter how many years pass, the diversion of the Acheloos river will not cease to provoke tensions, confrontations and disputes between Thessaly and Western Greece.

After a sweltering weekend that saw temperatures reach as high as 39 degrees Celsius in the Peloponnese, meteorologists forecast a dip early in the week. 

According to counting stations of the National Observatory of Athens, temperatures reached 38.9 in Messinia, 38.5 in Aitoloacarnania, 38.2 in Ileia, 37.7 in Agrinio and 37.3 in Trikala.

A 65-year-old man faced a prosecutor in Agrinio Tuesday on charges of sexually molesting a minor.

According to investigators, the suspect met the girl online and managed to lure the 17-year-old from her home on the Ionian island of Corfu to Antirio on the Greek mainland, where the suspect collected her and drove her to the village of Thermos in Aitoloacarnania.

The final phase of Greece's much-anticipated land registry gets under way Monday, representing 63 percent of the country's expanse, the company carrying out this monumental project, the National Cadastre & Mapping Agency, has announced.

The collection of property ownership declarations will resume on November 19, starting with the southeastern Aegean islands of Karpathos and Kalymnos, the National Cadastre & Mapping Agency (Hellenic Cadastre) announced on Thursday.

Vassilis was born in Aghios Ioannis and is one of about 10 permanent residents who remain in the village. Aghios Ioannis is part of the Thermo municipality, in the Aitoloakarnania region of western Greece. The municipality has a total population of 9,299. Aghios Ioannis is 15 kilometers from Thermo, the area's main town.