Byzantine Greece

Greece has confirmed 22 cases of rinderpest, with 20 cases detected in Thessaly, central Greece, one in Corinth, Peloponnese and one in Attica.

To date, 10,768 animals have been slaughtered, and another 2,000 are expected to be culled soon.

As summer approaches the beautiful Greek landscape, and especially its idyllic isles are becoming the focus of media coverage from around the globe. Editors from British Telegraph picked out 18 of what they consider to be the best “hidden” gems of Greece in a feature entitled “Secret Greece: 18 hidden gems you’d never thought to visit (but really should). This is their list:

A 43-year-old female fugitive charged in connection to the Energa-Hellas Power case was arrested in Kifissia, northern Athens, on Monday for violating her home detention terms.

Authorities lost track of the 43-year-old, who was working as a secretary at Energa, last month after she removed an electronic monitoring ankle-bracelet device.