Akrotiri

Pro-Palestinian activists protested at the gates of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on Sunday, angry that the British base was used as a launch pad for strikes against the Houthi militia in Yemen.

Big Blue Dot, a nonprofit organization based in Greece, is devoted to advancing the evolution of contemporary ceramics. Rooted in the desire to elevate Greek ceramic art on the global stage, this new biennial event aims to artistic exchange and offer a fresh perspective on Greece's cultural heritage through contemporary art.

A visitor at the Stoa of Attalos in the Ancient Agora of Athens fans herself as a new heatwave gripped Greece on Friday. The National Observatory's Meteo weather service reported that the highest temperatures on Friday were recorded in Akrotiri in Hania on Crete, which hit 42.6C, and in Thiva, at 42.2C.

Police in Crete are investigating the discovery of a human head, likely to be that of a male aged in his 30s, at a waste sorting facility in Hania.

Upon discovery of the gruesome find, the unit, based in Akrotiri, shut down operations and called police.

A search then began in other waste containers in an effort to locate other body parts.

Aerial view from a drone of Stavros Beach, located in Akrotiri near Chania

Six F35-B Lightning warplanes, the UK's newest fighter, arrived Tuesday at a British air base on Cyprus for training and a systems test in the aircraft's first overseas deployment.

The first overseas flight for the Lightning Force's F-35 stealth fighters will take place in the eastern Mediterranean when they are expected to touch down in Akrotiri this summer.

Prince William and his wife are bringing Christmas gifts and holiday greetings to British servicemen at the Royal Air Force Base Akrotiri in Cyprus.

Wednesday's visit by of William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, is designed to honor the estimated 11,000 British soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines deployed on foreign operations over the holidays.

A 17-year-old boy has died in hospital from injuries sustained after falling from a height into the sea near Hania in Crete.

The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon at Seitan Limani, a rocky cove on the Akrotiri peninsular that is popular with bathers.

A night guard at the Archaeological Museum of Santorini has allegedly been caught in possession of several items that were stolen from the museum he was supposed to be guarding, the Culture Ministry confirmed on Sunday.