Athens-Macedonian News Agency

Civil protection authorities on Monday warned of flooding in areas around the Evros River on Greece's northeastern border with Turkey, after the river swelled above danger levels at Pythio in Didymoteicho and Petalo on the Evros Delta, the region's deputy governor, Dimitris Petrovic, told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades is to raise the issue of Turkey's transgressions within Cyprus's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) at a European Union leaders' summit on Friday, sources told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Tuesday.

Greece's third measles-related death in under a year last week has raised concerns among health authorities that are seeking to increase vaccinations, particularly among vulnerable groups such as health workers and individuals born in or before the 1970s, who may have had the first booster but never followed up with the second.

The Municipality of Mandra-Eidyllias in western Attica will receive 980,280 euros toward the repair of its road network that was severely damaged in the deadly floods that struck the region in November last year, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency reported on Monday.

Farmers from Trikala, central Greece, on Wednesday parked their tractors at the Megalohori junction on the E65 highway, stepping up their protests at the government's ongoing austerity drive.

Some 410 tons of explosives have been moved from the Andromeda, a Tanzania-flagged cargo vessel intercepted off Crete earlier this month, onto a Greek cargo ship, the Kapetan Christos, which is expected to dock at the port of Thessaloniki on Thursday morning.

Greek universities suffer from "violent minorities and extra-university groups," while "cheating is rampant in exams", says New Democracy deputy, and former University of Athens rector, Theodoros Fortsakis.

Greek universities suffer from "violent minorities and extra-university groups", while "cheating is rampant in exams", says New Democracy deputy, and former University of Athens rector, Theodoros Fortsakis.

There were clear messages of the United States' commitment to "continue doing all that we can to help Greece emerge successfully from this period of economic difficulty" - including from US President Donald Trump - during Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's visit to Washington in October, US Ambassador in Athens Geoffrey Pyatt said in an exclusive interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Age

China has always believed in the Greek economy and the country’s efforts to achieve a quick recovery, the Chinese Ambassador to Greece Zou Xiaoli said on Thursday, during a visit to Alexandroupolis.

“China has always had confidence in the Greek economy and your efforts to achieve a rapid recovery,” the ambassador said after his meeting with city mayor Vangelis Lambrakis.