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Health warning issued over high ozone levels in capital
The Health Ministry is warning people in Athens who have respiratory ailments and heart conditions as well as those with sensitive health to avoid being outdoors due to high levels of ozone.
Washington store owner sentenced to 8 years for killing robber! (VIDEO)
A convenience store owner from Spanaway, Washington has been sentenced to 8 years in prison after shooting a thug who stole from his establishment.
According to Q13 Fox, surveillance footage from the March 25, 2016 incident shows 31-year-old Min Sik Kim asking a group of men loitering outside his store to leave.
In emotional return to Greece, Antetokounmpo promises to help youth
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greece's homegrown NBA All-Star, made an emotional return to the city he grew up in and promised to help children in Greece and Africa make it in life.
With his brother Thanasis, who plays for the Spanish club MoraBanc Andorra, the "Antetokounmbros" have begun offering a college scholarship in Athens for children of migrants born in Greece.
Who said: “Shame on us all. We f***ed up Kyrenia”?
Arkın Group chairman Erbil Arkın gained the approval of hundreds when he voiced the desperation of thousands of residents at the proliferation of high-rise buildings in the town.
The Albanian elections, the Greater Albania and the Greek Minority of Northern Epirus (VIDEO)
The elections in Albania are over and Edi Rama won again.
For Albania, however, with an embarrassing record on minority rights, corruption and crime, it seems that this may be the beginning of a period of regional instability, as Edi Rama’s recent statements regarding a possible unification with Kosovo, still ring in the ears of the international community.
Police says gang's loot at over 50 mln euros
Police said on Monday that a Roma gang it began unraveling in November had made more than 50 million euros from its criminal activities.
According to reports, a police raid on a house last Friday in Halandri, northern Athens, yielded more than 700 kilos worth of jewelry, precious stones and gold items worth more than half a million euros. Officers also found 105,000 euros in cash.
Teacher gets 13 years behind bars for molesting student
A teacher in the northern town of Serres was sentenced to 13 years in prison by a Thessaloniki appeals court for sexually molesting a teenage student.
The court overruled an earlier court decision in November 2015 that found the 52-year-old man innocent due to a lack of sufficient evidence.
USA: Supreme Court rejects gun rights appeal
The Supreme Court is rejecting yet another call to decide whether Americans have a constitutional right to carry guns with them outside their homes.
The justices on Monday left in place an appeals court ruling that upheld the San Diego sheriff’s strict limits on issuing permits for concealed weapons.
Garbage piles mount in Greek capital as heatwave looms
With a heat wave expected later this week, Greece's government yesterday failed to persuade striking garbage collectors to return to work after a 10-day protest left huge piles of trash around Athens.
Striking workers scuffled with riot police in central Athens outside the stuttered entrance of the Interior Ministry building, where a union delegation presented its demands.
US urges 'reason' in talks over Gulf crisis
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has called for dialogue a "lowering of rhetoric" between Qatar and a four-nation group led by Saudi Arabia after Doha denounced their sweeping list of demands.
Iraqi general: Mosul battle to end in days
The battle to take full control of Mosul from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant will be over in a few days and an attempted fight-back by the militants failed, an Iraqi general told Reuters on June 26.
A Facebook AI unexpectedly created its own unique language
A recent Facebook report on the way chatbots converse with each other has given the world a glimpse into the future of language.
RootlessRoot | Athens | June 27-29
Dance ensemble RootlessRoot are performing their new project "When the Dogs Assailed their Masters" at the Rex Theater's Kotopouli Stage. The project, which explores our perception of the future and how we will be remembered, is choreographed by RootlessRoot co-founders Linda Kapetanea and Jozef Frucek. The event starts at 9 p.m.
Joaquin Orellana Mejia | Athens | June 28
The Athens State Orchestra, conducted by Julio Cesar Santos Campos, presents the world premiere of Joaquin Orellana Mejia's "Symphony from the Third World" at the Athens Concert Hall on Wednesday, June 28.