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Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it launched a drone and missile attack on an Israeli base on Wednesday in response to strikes that killed three Hezbollah fighters the day before.

Israel and Hamas ally Hezbollah have been exchanging near-daily cross-border fire since the Palestinian militant group attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, triggering war in the Gaza Strip.

As humanitarian support to refugees from Ukraine enters its third year, 19 humanitarian organizations and the UN in Bulgaria are appealing for US$ 38.6 million to support 70,000 refugees from Ukraine in Bulgaria in 2024.

ANTAKYA - A year after a powerful earthquake in southern Turkey reduced hundreds of thousands of homes to rubble, Fatma Kirici lives in a tent with her husband and two grown children, afraid to return to the multistory house they fled that somehow still stands.

An official inquiry on a Christmas party held inside the main entrance of the Red Cross general hospital in Athens that was caught on video, has cleared the administrator of any wrongdoing. 

Authorities say a man poured a flammable liquid on a woman and tried to set her on fire.

A statement from the police said the incident, said to be triggered by an altercation, occurred on Monday morning in the western Attica suburb of Zefyri.

A 51-year-old suspect, identified as Roma, has been apprehended by the police in connection with the attack.

Health Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis has ordered a sworn administrative inquiry into the contents of a video that circulated on social media that allegedly shows celebrations with music in a corridor of the Red Cross general hospital in Athens.

The inquiry will be headed by the director of the Ippokrateio hospital.

A 27-year-old man sustained fatal injuries when his motorcycle collided with a car in Ilion, western Attica, during the early hours of Friday.

The incident occurred at the intersection of Poseidonos and Protesilaou streets. The 70-year-old driver of the car is currently hospitalized in serious condition at the Erythros Stavros (Red Cross) Hospital.

A new memorandum of collaboration between the transport minister, the Hellenic Red Cross (HRC), and metro and tram manager STASY on Thursday, to upgrade first aid and emergency medical services to passengers at stations and on board.

Infrastructure & Transport Minister Christos Staikouras, HRC President Antonios Avgerinos, and STASY head Athanassios Kottaras signed the agreement.

A woman enjoys a sunny winter's day as she walks her dog in Drakopoulos Park, in the Greek capital's Ano Patissia district. The City of Athens on Wednesday announced the completion of a restoration project at the park, which had been the subject of an ownership dispute between the municipality and the Hellenic Red Cross.

Today is the students' holiday. The day is also the patron holiday of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - the oldest higher education institution in Bulgaria.