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Police forces used chemicals to thwart an attempt on Monday by farmers to climb on to the E65 highway in Karditsa, Central Greece and set up a blockade. Tension prevailed at the scene, while the farmers walked onto the highway and held a general meeting.

The new logo for the promotion of Kastoria in Western Macedonia as a tourism destination for all seasons was presented last week, not only in Greek but also in English, at an event organized by the vice mayorship for culture and tourism of the local municipality

A 17-year-old foreign national was arrested in northern Greece on Friday for transporting in a car six migrants who did not have the legal documents that would allow them to enter the country.

On the anniversary of the day in 1995 when the last territory occupied by Serb rebel forces in Croatia's Baranja and Eastern Slavonia region during the war was finally returned to government control, a film screening was held in the city of Vukovar to mark the peaceful reintegration.

A strong 4.8 Richter earthquake occurred in Mytilini on Tuesday morning.

According to the revised estimate of the Geodynamic Institute, the earthquake occurred 5 km east southeast of Mithymna Lesvos and had a focal depth of 12.4 km.

A case file has been formed against a man from the central Greek town of Larissa for allegedly tying his dog with a strap to the bumper of his truck and dragging it around.

He was arrested on Sunday and charged with violating laws for the protection of pets.

Greek Water Airports announced on Wednesday it has applied for the creation of a water aerodrome at Agia Galini in the prefecture of Rethymno in southern Crete. 

It also said that the Port Fund of Hania has submitted an application for the creation of a water aerodrome at the port of Kissamos, selecting Greek Water Airports as the contractor. 

A moderate earthquake shook areas of Lakonia and Messinia in the Peloponnese in southern Greece on Tuesday at 10.50 p.m.

A 65-year-old man died on Monday afternoon after a head-on collision in Perama, a suburb of the port of Piraeus. 

Greek broadcaster ANT1 said the two-vehicle crash happened at the intersection of Dimokratia Avenue and Dagli Street, as a woman driving in the opposite lane veered off course, smashing into the man's car travelling in the other direction.

Preveza, a town with rich history and a long culinary and architectural tradition