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17.07.2024 / 22:00

Firefighter suffers heart attack while volunteering to fight blaze

NEWSROOM

A firefighter from Sofiko, Corinth in the Peloponnese suffered a heart attack while volunteering to combat a fire Wednesday.

17.07.2024 / 21:55

Turkish tourism professionals complain about visa express initiative

NEWSROOM

The increased number of Turkish tourists using the express visa program for short visits to 10 Greek islands in the eastern Aegean has buoyed the Greek tourism sector.

17.07.2024 / 21:53

Ship traffic ban off Peloponnese extended

NEWSROOM

The Hellenic Navy this week extended an advisory effectively banning ship traffic off the coast of the southeastern Peloponnese and further, in a bid to deter ship-to-ship transfers of Russian oil off Greece, three sources said.

17.07.2024 / 21:42

Fantasy Classics | Athens | July 19

NEWSROOM

The Lycabettus Municipal Theater is being transformed into a fantasy playground with a cast of characters including the likes of Daenerys Targaryen, Gandalf and Legolas.

17.07.2024 / 21:17

Turkish F-16 modernization program encounters roadblocks

STAVROS IOANNIDIS

Six months after Washington’s green light for the modernization of Turkish F-16s, the program appears to have encountered roadblocks, it was reported on Wednesday.

17.07.2024 / 20:52

Novelist Victoria Hislop inducted into Royal Society of Literature

NEWSROOM

Victoria Hislop, a British author and novelist known for her works primarily set in Greece, was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature during a ceremony at the Garden Museum in London last week.

17.07.2024 / 20:43

Airport assault victim considers case against ex-minister resolved

NEWSROOM

An airport employee assaulted by former minister Lefteris Avgenakis at Eleftherios Venizelos Airport has requested to withdraw his lawsuit, calling the incident “resolved.”

17.07.2024 / 20:15

Greece experiences tenth consecutive day of heatwave

NEWSROOM

According to the National Observatory of Athens’ meteo.gr, Greece on Wednesday witnessed its tenth consecutive day of heatwave.

17.07.2024 / 19:20

Greece invites more investments to boost its industry

GEORGE GEORGAKOPOULOS

Greece is faring well in attracting productive investments, but must do more as it eyes its reindustrialization and the doubling of the industry’s importance for its economy within six years.

17.07.2024 / 19:14

F-35 purchase is OK’d

VASSILIS NEDOS

The Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) approved on Tuesday the purchase of 20 F-35 advanced multirole aircraft from the United States, as well as several other procurement programs.

17.07.2024 / 19:01

After November 5

NOTIS PAPADOPOULOS

Everything seems to be changing in the US pre-election scene after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, who has now gained ground for the presidential race on November 5.

17.07.2024 / 18:48

Cyprus to build a major naval base, says defense minister

NEWSROOM

Cyprus’ defense minister said Wednesday that plans are in motion to build a major naval base on the east Mediterranean island nation’s southern coast capable of hosting large ships from European Union countries and other nations to carry out a variety of missions including humanitarian aid deliveries to the tumultuous Middle East region.

17.07.2024 / 18:13

Greek dentist, 44, competing… in his sixth Olympiad

SPIRIDOULA SPANEA

Panagiotis Gionis, a 44-year-old dentist and table tennis player, will compete in the Olympics for the sixth time in Paris.

17.07.2024 / 18:12

Greek police officer sentenced for threatening ex-wife

NEWSROOM

A police officer was sentenced to an eight-month prison term, suspended for three years, for threatening to take his two minor children to an institution.

17.07.2024 / 17:23

European Parliament President reiterates EU’s support for Cyprus reunification

NEWSROOM

The newly reelected President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, reiterated the EU’s support for Cyprus reunification on Wednesday, three days before the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.