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Migrant Smuggler Uses Vehicle to Move Migrants Into Thessaloniki; Kills Driver (video)

A car crash took place on Sunday morning on the old highway of Kavala-Thessaloniki, involving a car which was carrying migrants. According to EKAB, Greece's Emergency Service, a 64-year-old Greek man died as a result of the crash. The car, which was...

Fish Struggle For Survival in Greece's Koroneia Lake

Drought, management shortcomings and extreme water consumption, might be responsible for the recent death of thousands of fish in Lake Koroneia, located at the heart of Thessaloniki regional unit, in Central Macedonia, Greece. Carp and butterflyfish washed up on the...

Greek Teen’s Art Installation Spotlights Our Addiction to Plastic

Young people around the world are joining forces and making an effort to combat the climate crisis and biodiversity loss. The international movement Fridays for Future climate strikes have inspired students around the globe to protest on behalf of the...

One Dead After Large Fire Breaks Out in Refugee Camp of Moria on Lesvos

A mother and her child died on Sunday afternoon after a large fire broke out in the Moria camp on Greece's island of Lesvos. According to initial information, the fire broke out in one of the containers where refugees and...

UNESCO Representative on Spinalonga to Review Adding it to World Heritage List

Τeresa Colletta, an architect, and representative of UNESCO visited recently the islet of Spinalonga on Crete to review the application to add the historic site onto UNESCO's World Heritage List. Colletta gave her remarks to the local authorities, and these...

Turkey Accuses Athens; Issues Multiple NAVTEXes off Greece and Cyprus

Hami Aksoy, the Spokesperson for the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, issued an angry statement against Athens and Nicosia on Saturday evening following the recent meeting held between the Foreign Ministers of Greece, Cyprus, and Egypt in New York. The...

538 Passengers Evacuated After Fire Breaks Out on Igoumenitsa-Venice Ferry

A fire broke out onboard a ferry that had initiated its trip from Greece's Igoumenitsa to Venice in Italy. The fire broke out at the fourth level of the ''Olympic Champion's'' garage, affecting two trucks that were traveling on it. According...

New i-Phone 11 Sold Out in Greece on First Day of Release

The new i-phone 11 is already sold out in Greece, after the very first day of its release to the Greek market, data revealed. According to reports, the entire stock of i-phone 11, i-phone 11 Pro and i-phone 11 Pro...

25-Year Old Police Officer Found Dead in Greece's Zagori Gorge

A 25-year old police officer was found dead on Saturday morning in northwestern Greece's Zagori Gorge in the area of Astraka. The unfortunate man was mountaineering with a friend when he suddenly slipped and disappeared into the 300-meter deep gorge. A...

Turkish Aircraft Violates Greek Airspace 30 Times in One Day

Turkish aircraft violated Greece's airspace thirty times on Friday, September 27, Greek Defense sources told media. Two F-16 and two CN235-type aircraft entered Greek airspace in various locations across the Eastern Aegean Sea, violating the country's airspace in the northern,...

Famagusta: Cyprus to Appeal to the UN Security Council Next Week

The President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades told reporters on Friday evening in New York that Cyprus will appeal to the UN Security Council over Turkish plans to reopen the ghost town of Varosha in Famagusta next...

Prime Ministers of Greece and India Reaffirm Close Ties

The Prime Ministers of Greece and India discussed expanding collaboration in trade and tourism, at a meeting they held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York on Friday. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his...

Archives, Possible Throne Room Discovered in Ancient Palace on Crete

The Greek Ministry of Culture announced on Thursday that a new storage room for valuables in Zominthos Palace, on the plateau of Mount Psiloritis on Crete, was discovered at the sprawling site during this year's excavation season. Supporting evidence for the Palace...

EU Report Finds Number of School Dropouts Decreases in Greece; Average Scores Drop

The annual EU Education and Training Monitor for 2019 was published by the European Commission on Thursday, revealing some very interesting results about the situation of education across the Union and of course in Greece. According to this year's report,...

Five Children Dead After Boat Carrying Migrants Capsizes Near Oinousses, Greece

Yet another tragedy involving and migrants took place in the Mediterranean Sea on Friday morning, this time off the coast of the islets of Oinousses in Greece. Five children and two adults were drowned in the Aegean Sea when the...