Thessaloniki

Transport to the Athens International airport will be disrupted due to a 5-hour strike Monday from the Suburban Railway and the Athens Metro from 10am to 3pm. The Athens to Thessaloniki railway lines will also stop due to industrial actions, as will the suburban line. More specifically the following lines will stop:

Third countries nationals, mostly refugees from Syria, as well as irregular migrants that recently sneaked into Greece on the heels of the ongoing Mideast refugee crisis, are increasingly using a railway connection to travel further north.

Serbian officials have expressed alarm over Greece's recent conciliatory statements about Kosovo, whose independence Greece does not recognize.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told the Belgrade-based daily Blic on July 16 that he had sought an explanation from Athens.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Kotzias held a joint press conference in Pristina on Tuesday with his counterpart, Hashim Thaci, in what is seen as a landmark in relations between the two.

Greece has yet to recognize Kosovo's independence, proclaimed in 2008.

A 4.3 on the Richter scale earthquake  has hit the western port city of Patras,, northwest Peloponnese, at 7.10 p.m. (17.10 GMT) on Sunday.

Patras is the 3rd largest city of Greece after the capital, Athens, and Thessaloniki. The epicenter was located approximately 48 kilometers south of the city. So far no damages have been reported.

The Lesson, a 2014 Bulgarian-Greek film, is among the ten works nominated to the Lux Prize at this year's edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Italian PM, Matteo Renzi, told Italian daily Il Messaggero on Sunday that talks must resume between Greece and its European partners after the referendum is over regardless of the outcome of the vote.

Greece confirmed it would fail to make a key IMF repayment due on June 30, fanning fears of a chaotic eurozone exit on the same day the country's international bailout expires.

Arben Frroku is believed to have fled Albania following the Serious Crimes Court's first instance ruling on April 3rd, which found him not guilty of the murder of a policeman.

Genc Gjokutaj, his lawyer, said that the court had been under political pressure and he would appeal to the Supreme Court.

Greek Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis said on Monday that means of transport in Athens will be free from June 29 to July 6.

The decision will be announced later on Monday to facilitate citizens and will concern the metro, buses, trains and the electric trains but not the suburban train.