History of modern Greece
Greek PM issues apology, promises repercussions for transportation breakdown in greater Athens due to snow storm
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday morning offered another apology, on behalf of his government and personally, in the wake of major traffic problems created by an intense - but more-or-less forecast - snowstorm on Monday throughout the greater Athens area.
Amazing footage from inside the cockpit of a Rafale flying over Athens (incredible video)
The video was recorded during the Athens Flying Week air show
COVID-19 Delta variant ‘orange alert’ from Tsiodras, what was discussed with Hardalias
The Greek Health Ministry and the Civil Protection bureau issued a COVID-19 orange alert (moderate risk) today after the appearance and expected spread of the more transmissible Delta variant, which was isolated in India, especially on the island of Crete, which has the most confirmed cases.
Anarchists accidentally throw Molotov cocktail at a protester & Anti-riot police rescue him (videos-photos) (Upd.)
Clashes at the general education rally in the center of Thessaloniki
Kifissia-Lamia section of national highway to close at 7 p.m.
The Kifissia-Lamia section of Athens-Thessaloniki motorway, which was closed as a precaution early on Monday due to heavy snowfall and unsafe driving conditions, will reopen between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Monday, Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis said after an emergency meeting on Monday.
Greek Police Accused of Violence at Education Bill Protests
Police in Greece have been criticised after videos circulated on social media of officers violently pushing and shoving photojournalists covering a protest against a new bill for universities on Wednesday.
The photojournalists' union said riot police beat up a member of the union who had been reporting on the protests.
Heroes of 1821 Independence War decorate fence of National Garden
Evzones of the Presidential Guard march past an open-air exhibition of portraits of heroes from the 1821 War of Independence, placed on the fence of the National Garden in Athens on Tuesday. The event is organized by the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation, the National History Museum and the Municipality of Athens, as part of the celebrations for the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution.
Two central Athens metro stations to close as of 3.30 p.m.
The central Athens metro stations of Syntagma and Panepistimio will be closed as of 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday on the orders of the police.
Trains will be allowed to travel through the stations but will not be making stops to let passengers on or off.
Three central Athens metro stations ordered closed from 4 p.m.
The downtown Athens metro stations of Panepistimio, Monastiraki and Evangelismos will be closed at 4 p.m. on Friday on the orders of the Greek police.
The station closure was ordered to take place ahead of a 5 p.m. protest rally planned outside Athens University on Panepistimiou Street in support of jailed November 17 terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas.
Akar reiterates criticism on militarization of 16 Greek islands
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar insisted again on Thursday that Greece is violating the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne by militarizing 16 islands in the eastern Aegean.