Agios Pavlos

A pedestrian was hit by a city bus on Vasilissis Olgas Street in eastern Thessaloniki on Wednesday morning.

The bus driver, attempting to avoid the pedestrian who was crossing the road, braked abruptly, which also resulted in injuries to several passengers on the bus.

An explosion occurred Sunday afternoon on a motorboat carrying six Italian nationals near Psaltos, Rhodes, injuring five of them.

The Coast Guard and private boats responded to the scene.

The injured passengers were evacuated to Agios Pavlos Bay and taken to a clinic, while the uninjured sixth passenger disembarked at Lindos Bay.

The Athens municipal authority will be opening up air-conditioned spaces, providing medical advice and support, and increasing fire patrols in the capital's big parks and woods as a new heatwave grips the country, pushing temperatures on Tuesday to the 40-Celsius mark.

The Greek National Meteorological Services (EMY) has issued an extraordinary bulletin for a new heatwave over the next days. The reports warns that the temperature will gradually rise, peaking at 40-41 on Thursday, July 12.

Elafonisi in Greece is among the 14 best beaches in the world and the second best in Europe for 2016, according to the leading travel platform TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Awards.

Moreover, another five Greek beaches are among the best 15 in Europe: Limnionas Zakynthos, Balos, Agios Pavlos Lindos, Sarakiniko Milos and Egremni Lefkada.