On Sunday evening, firefighters were battling wildfires near the Greek capital Athens as the country braces for a challenging wildfire season and soaring summer temperatures following its warmest winter and earliest heatwave on record. “Today in Attica two extremely dangerous fires that broke out in residential areas and spread rapidly…
US debt is on track to reach more than $50 trillion dollars over the next decade. The US is more than $34 trillion dollars in debt. That’s almost equal to its entire gross domestic product (GDP). The figure is bigger than any other nation’s debt, but does that matter when…
Athens, Greece – Towards the end of May, the east Aegean island of Kos issued an arrest warrant for Tommy Olsen. It will soon reach authorities in the town of Tromso, in the Norwegian Arctic, where the 51-year-old nursery teacher lives. Olsen’s lawyers have already alerted local police “just to…
The crew abandoned the coal carrier after it was struck by Houthi missiles, which started a fire, on June 12. The Greek-owned Tutor, a coal carrier, has reportedly sunk in the Red Sea a week after it came under attack from Yemen’s Houthis. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO),…
A post-mortem ruled out foul play in the death of Mosley, who went missing on the Greek island Symi last week. An initial examination has determined that British television presenter Michael Mosley, whose body was found on the Greek island Symi, likely died of natural causes. The 67-year-old’s body was…
Michael Mosley had set off on a walk in a mountainous area in Greece on Wednesday afternoon. A days-long search for missing British television presenter Michael Mosley has led to the recovery of a body on a Greek island, according to local authorities. A police spokesman, who spoke on condition…
Nine people from the United Kingdom and the European Union member states are facing deportation from Greece days after they took part in a protest in solidarity with Palestine at a Greek university. A total of 28 people were arrested by Greek police during the protest and encampment at the…
Athens, Greece – Nine Egyptian men accused of criminal responsibility in the Pylos shipwreck that led to the deaths of more than 550 people on June 14, 2023, will go on trial in Greece on Tuesday. The accused are alleged to be members of a criminal organisation, facilitating illegal entry into…
Athens, Greece – On the evening of April 1, a Monday, 28-year-old Kyriaki Griva’s ex-partner stabbed her to death outside a police station in northern Athens. She was the fifth woman to be killed by an ex or partner this year in Greece. Griva had just left her local police…
Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis discusses Greece’s close ties with Israel, peace efforts in the Middle East. Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis emphasises his country’s robust defence ties with Israel amid its war on Gaza. He asserts now is not the time to revisit their largest defence deal, including a $1.6bn…
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