Greece
Thessaloniki in the spotlight: 100 years after a fire destroyed the city of refugees
The Great Fire destroyed much of a city home to thousands of refugees, but once again Thessaloniki has become a
Firefighters battle wildfires across Greece
Holidaymakers jostle in ports ahead of August holiday
Two tons of cannabis in sailboat off Kythera
Research vessel scans and reveals the secrets of Santorini and Kolumbo volcanoes
Star explosion could change night sky
ATHENS —
Firefighters battled wildfires raging northeast of Athens for a third day on Tuesday as Greece asked for help from its European partners to prevent them from spreading.
The fire started in Kalamos, a coastal holiday spot some 45 km (30 miles) northeast of the capital, and has spread to three more towns, damaging dozens of homes and burning…
The Greek government says the country has turned a corner, but that is not the experience of people on the ...
The Greek government says the country has turned a corner, but that is not the experience of people on the ...
The omens are better, with the IMF calling for debt write-offs – but the chances are Greece will require another ...
On This Day
- 1943: The village of Kommeno, Arta prefecture, was destroyed by the Germans. 317 of its inhabitants were slain.
- 1960: Cyprus was officially proclaimed a republic with Archbishop Makarios III as president and Dr Fazil Kucuk as vice-president.
- 1974: Morphou was occupied by Turkish troops.
- 1974: Andreas Papandreou returned to Greece.
- Births: Andreas Stamatiadis (1935), footballer
- Deaths: Spyros Skouras (1971), Greek-American President of 20th Century Fox; Viki Moscholiou (2005), singer
WORLD
Technology
Internet firms move to take down hate speech, violence
The internet domain registration of the neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer was revoked twice in less
Europol: Tuesday’s worldwide cyberattack ‘more sophisticated’ than previous hacks
A cyber-attack Tuesday that hit companies across the world is similar to a ransomware attack
