A security alert at the Athens Metro ended on Thursday morning after authorities removed and arrested a person who entered a tunnel on the Red Line, causing a brief interruption to services. Authorities rushed to the scene after receiving reports that an individual had entered the tunnel area. Metro operators temporarily halted train services to …
Investigators have linked the fatal July 27 explosion at a Corinth vinegar plant to unmonitored welding work after finding heat damage on a tank flange. Source link
Toy Story 5 follows in second place with 252,640 tickets. Christopher Nolan’s epic continues its impressive run in Greek cinemas and confirms its status as the major cinematic event of the summer. By the end of its second week of release, the film had drawn 408,758 viewers, breaking the 400,000-ticket barrier. In second place is …
Three new Special Operations units will be created and two of them will be exclusively composed of reservists, the Ministry of Defense announced Wednesday. Source link
A major wildfire continues to burn out of control in southern Rethymno, Crete, destroying homes, farmland and livestock as hundreds of firefighters battle difficult conditions driven by strong winds. The fire first broke out on Wednesday in low vegetation near Krya Vrysi in the municipality of Agios Vasileios and has since expanded into multiple active …
Agents from the fire service’s arson crimes division have arrested three individuals over a fire that severely damaged an abandoned multi-event installation on July 12. Source link
The Greek island of Skopelos has earned a place among the Mediterranean’s most spectacular film-inspired island destinations, according to a feature by popular Italian travel website TheWom Travel. The publication highlights destinations that gained worldwide recognition through cinema and continue to captivate visitors with their authenticity, natural beauty and unique atmosphere. Skopelos appears alongside renowned …
Powerful winds continued to drive wildfires in southern Crete and on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Thursday morning, as firefighters battled to contain the blazes and authorities kept evacuations and emergency services on high alert. Source link
A 69-year-old Italian man has been sentenced after constructing a homemade amphitheatre near Vicenza and passing it off as genuine ancient Roman ruins for nearly a decade. Franco Malosso von Rosenfranz claimed the structure was a “sensational discovery” revealed by a landslide. He told visitors that Julius Caesar and Cleopatra had once visited the site …
The Health Ministry and Airbnb announced on Tuesday the extension of the online short-stay platform’s “medical stays.” Source link