LGBTQ+ activists and supporters react as they gather in front of the Greek parliament, ahead of the vote on the bill which legalises same-sex civil marriage, in Athens, Greece. | Photo Credit: Reuters Greece’s parliament approved a bill allowing same-sex civil marriage on Thursday, a landmark victory for supporters of LGBT rights that was greeted … Read more
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses lawmakers ahead of a parliament vote on the 2024 budget, in the Greek parliament in Athens, Greece December 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Greece’s centre-right government will soon submit legislation allowing same-sex civil marriages, despite reservations among its own lawmakers and the country’s influential Orthodox Church, Prime Minister … Read more
A man watches the fire burning a forest in Vati village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on July 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Wildfires that have scorched Greece for more than two weeks were on Saturday mostly under control, but firefighters remained in key hotspots with strong winds still a … Read more
In this photo released by the Greek Culture Ministry on June 7, 2023, an ancient clay figurine of the god Hermes found in the remains of an ancient sanctuary on the Aegean Sea island of Kythnos. | Photo Credit: AP Archaeologists excavating a hilltop sanctuary on the Aegean Sea island of Kythnos have discovered “countless” … Read more
CNN — As a boat carrying 400 migrants drifted, out of fuel, along a perilous migration route in the central Mediterranean last week, Italian authorities led a major rescue operation following the reported refusal of Maltese authorities to retrieve those on board. Passengers’ desperate pleas for aid went unheeded for nearly a week before they … Read more
CNN — Greece’s prime minister has promised to improve the safety standards of the country’s railway system following its deadliest train crash on record which sparked mass protests. Kyriakos Mitsotakis again apologized for last month’s incident, which saw a passenger train carrying mostly university students returning from a three-day public holiday collide with a freight … Read more
CNN — Fresh protests broke out in Greek on Sunday over a deadly train collision, despite an apology from the prime minister. In a statement, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said “we cannot, will not, and must not hide behind human error,” following the crash, which left 57 people dead. A passenger train carrying more … Read more
CNN — Anger in Greece over poor railway safety grew on Thursday as the death toll from one of the country’s worst train crashes in recent years reached 57. Demonstrators poured onto the streets after the head-on collision between a passenger train carrying more than 350 people and a freight train on Tuesday evening in … Read more
Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in front of the parliament building, after a crash where two trains collided near the city of Larissa, in Athens, Greece on March 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Anger and sorrow grew in Greece on Thursday over a devastating train crash that killed dozens of passengers along with … Read more
A requirement for banks in the European Union to issue debt to plug depleted capital in a crisis is particuarly challenging for lenders from Greece, Italy and Portugal, the bloc’s banking watchdog said on Monday. After taxpayers had to bail out undercapitalised lenders in the global financial crisis more than a decade ago, banks have … Read more