Mediterranean

Tsunami and Property Damage after 6.4 Earthquake in Crete, Greece

A tsunami in the sea area southeast of Crete was caused after the earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale, according to the Tsunami Warning Service. The Church of Agios Nikolaos in Xyrocampos, Sitia, has collapsed and there have been reports of damage in the wider Sithia area, Kathimerini reported.

Man arrested for setting wildfires ‘due to anger toward family’

Security units have detained a 21-year-old young man who admitted having started wildfires in the southern province of Adana following an outburst of anger against his parents.

"I left home after an argument with my parents. I live on the streets. I started fires due to anger against them," Ali K. said in his first testimony after getting caught.

After attacks at professional lyceums, Greek Police probes seven extreme right groups in Thessaloniki

By Vasilis Lambropoulos

In the aftermath of last week's shocking attacks by members of extreme-right and fascist organisations at Thessaloniki professional lyceums (EPAL), Greek Police is putting together the pieces of the puzzle of their expansive activity in Greece's second largest city and their links to other far right groups throughout Greece and abroad.

Far right show of force in attack on Thessaloniki Greek Communist Youth (KNE) members

Police in Thessaloniki have remanded in custody 14 individuals in connection with a violent attack by groups of far right hoodlums on members of the Greek Communist Party Youth (KNE) who were distributing party pamphlets in Eleftherias Square.

Massive forest fire engulfs Mediterranean district

A massive fire erupted in two different locations in the southern province of Antalya's Manavgat district has destroyed dozens of hectares of forest cover and caused the evacuation of five settlements.

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The cause of the fires in the Yeniköy and Side neighborhoods of the district is still unknown.

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