“The women of Pindos” “March through the snow” Hector Doukas | Oil on Canvas The second painting includes the year 1941 under the painter’s name. #Greece

Irish roots, Dubai riches, Congo air routes and a trail the Russian mafia may have helped pave across continents. Rory Mulholland digs into a global laundering web 💸 villagemagazine.ie/dubai-heir-c...

Samples of alcoholic beverages sold at the #Athens nightclub were taken on Tuesday (2 days after the teen’s death). The samples were sent to the Chemical State Laboratory and results are expected to show whether alcoholic beverages were adulterated.

A 16-year-old teen collapsed and died outside a nightclub in #Athens in the early hours of last Sunday. According to the autopsy, her death was linked to pulmonary edema but toxicology & histology tests are pending to determine the precise cause of death. t.co/YzzReAzg5I

Journalist Olena Hramova and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin were killed in a Russian Lancet drone strike in #Kramatorsk. “Freedom” TV channel said they were in a car at a petrol station at the time of the strike.

🚨 Greek Police, along with the Independent Authority for Public Revenue & the DG Financial and Economic Crime Unit, found and seized 39+ kg of #cocaine worth €1M+, hidden among 1,080 boxes of bananas at the port of Piraeus.

Greek singer and songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos has died at the age of 81. Photo: Young Dionysis Savvopoulos on the cover of «Επίκαιρα» (Current), a Greek weekly magazine that ran from 1968 through the 1980s.

A 3-year-old girl of British origin, identified as Matilda, remains intubated in critical condition after being found unconscious at the bottom of a hotel swimming pool in Lardos, #Rhodes, on Tuesday, October 14. #Greece

A boat carrying 29 migrants struck rocks in a rugged area off the coast of #Chios late Thursday night, killing two people and injuring ten others who are being treated in hospital.

Once common throughout Greece, the majestic red deer grazes in a fragile balance between survival and loss. 📸 Daphne Tolis

The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is set to fall silent for three years, beginning at the close of this year’s Athens–Epidaurus Festival. During its hiatus, the iconic landmark will undergo restoration and preservation work. 📸 Daphne Tolis

Overseeing the liquor aisle with calm authority. 📸 Daphne Tolis

#Greece, Ministry of Foreign Affairs: A special flight will depart on Monday from the Eilat-Ramon International Airport in Israel to return the Greek citizens who participated in the "Global Sumud Flotilla" to Athens.

Mr Frangiskos on his mule bringing the milk back from the farm. 📸 Daphne Tolis

Cash dispenser (ATM). 📸 Daphne Tolis

Special correspondent Fergal Keane on the migrant crisis: How Europe went from Merkel's 'We can do it' ten years ago to pulling up the drawbridge. Additional reporting by Bruno Boelpaep, Nick Thorpe, Daphne Tolis and David McIlveen. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Greece’s migration minister on the ‘returns bill’ in parliament last night: “If you find yourself in #Greece and you qualify for international protection, you will be granted asylum. If your asylum is refused, you have two options. You either go to jail or return to your home country.”

The island of Crete saw a staggering 2,642 migrant arrivals in the 1st week of July. Since the temporary suspension of asylum claims that took effect on July 9, arrivals dropped at below 900 for the rest of July, acc to the ministry of migration. 507 arrivals were recorded until August 24.

A shocking act of animal cruelty took place on Sunday night, August 24, in Ermionida, #Greece, when an elderly man drove his car with a dog tied to the back. The animal was dragged across the road until it died. Police arrested the perpetrator.

Ukrainian soldiers will receive a further boost from the British military’s expert training. More than 50,000 Ukrainian recruits have been trained on British soil so far. The extension of Op. INTERFLEX was announced by the Defence Secretary amid Ukrainian celebrations today.

Billionaire and Volt CEO, Tom Greenwood, was airlifted at a public hospital in Athens following a road accident in Mykonos. Greenwood underwent emergency surgery at the Nikaia General Hospital and remains in the ICU. Greece’s health minister confirmed the incident on Greek TV.

In northern Greece “39 local residents submitted a signed petition to the municipality” demanding a fire-monitoring drone to be removed arguing it “invades their privacy, causes noise disturbances” Drones provide real-time crucial data & can monitor inaccessible areas reducing risk to firefighters.

It was yet another intense time for #Greece, with Patras, the country’s third-largest city, hit especially hard. The risk of fire remains high due to high temperatures, dry conditions, and strong winds.

Authorities have identified 2 individuals as the perpetrators behind the fire in #Patras, Greece. Both are accused of setting ablaze forest and non-forest areas in repeated acts of arson, acting in concert. The younger suspect, aged 19, reportedly confessed to igniting the blaze.

In an image making the online rounds today in #Greece, firefighters exhausted and flat on the ground are captured taking a brief rest after hours battling the raging wildfire in Chios. A stark image of the grueling battle against the flames.

A #wildfire that broke out on the Greek island of #Chios on Tuesday is still raging. According to the Fire Service, coastguard boats and private boats have been evacuating people from Limnia and Agia Markella beaches. Areas northwest have also received evacuation alerts.

Greek police seized 271 kilos of cocaine worth around €5.5 million hidden in a banana shipment from #Ecuador. Three suspects were arrested after a tip-off from the UK’s National Crime Agency exposed a trafficking ring moving large quantities of #cocaine to Europe.

Two people drowned in Sarakiniko beach on the island of Milos on Friday. According to local news, the couple was part of a larger travel group traveling to Greece. Very strong winds in the Aegean Sea have disrupted almost all ferry services this morning.

Η 10χρονη «επιβεβαίωσε στην αστυνομία τα καταγγελόμενα, αλλά ανέφερε ότι «η μητέρα της ήταν παρούσα και της κρατούσε τα χέρια» κατά τον βιασμό της από τον σύντροφο της μητέρας. www.iefimerida.gr/ellada/sok-s...

Iranian authorities on Wednesday executed Dr. Roozbeh Vadi, 40, a nuclear engineer, convicted of espionage and intelligence cooperation with Israel. He was executed by hanging at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj and was reportedly denied the right to a final visit with his family.

Set to Rod Stewart’s track “Forever Young,” an AI-generated Ozzy Osbourne holds a selfie stick as he poses with other musicians who have died including: Prince, Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, Tina Turner, Bob Marley and more. t.co/0MgRWOgxrF

Michele Ann Joy Bourda, 59, is still missing as of Tuesday morning. According to the Greek authorities, she was last seen last Friday, August 1st, at the Ofrinio Beach near Kavala, where she had gone for a swim with her husband. 🎙️I spoke to @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk

A British woman died while swimming in a pool at a resort hotel in Hersonissos in #Crete on Sunday. 🗞️ Nick Squires in Rome. Daphne Tolis in Athens. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

The woman made an appointment for assisted voluntary return to her country (Algeria) through the International Organization for Migration’s program. After abandoning her 3-year-old daughter she told the IOM she had two and not three children. - 🔗Protothema

The woman who abandoned her 3-year daughter at a beach in Athens last Sunday is charged with murder. The coroner found that sand had been aspired into the lungs of the girl, as well as water. The coroner said that "there are injuries that contradict her statements".

Στο διαμέρισμα στα Πατήσια, όπου ζούσε η μητέρα με τα τρία παιδιά, οι Aρχές εντόπισαν κηλίδες αίματος της τρίχρονης κόρης που βρέθηκε πνιγμένη στο Παλαιό Φάληρο. Η μητέρα διώκεται για ανθρωποκτονία από πρόθεση σε ήρεμη ψυχική κατάσταση. www.threads.com/@daphne_toli...

Hamas on Saturday said it will not disarm unless a fully sovereign Palestinian state is established with Jerusalem as its capital. – @skynewsrss.bsky.social

The woman had been arrested in 2022 in Athens and was charged with child endangerment for the then 2 years old child. www.newsit.gr/ellada/palai...

Search and rescue operations have been completed in Kyiv following the latest Russian attack. The death toll has risen to 31 people, including 5 children. The youngest was just 2 years old. Other 159 people were injured.

A woman of Algerian origin was brought in for questioning early Friday morning regarding the 3-year-old girl whose body was found washed up on a beach in Faliro on Sunday. Authorities found the taxi driver who had transported the woman and children on Saturday night.

Greek authorities obtained CCTV footage showing a woman with 3 children buying stuff at a kiosk 21:30 pm on Saturday. One child wearing a hat almost covering its face is seated in a yellow stroller. Hours later the stroller is found abandoned near where the body of the girl was found.

Red paint splashed across The New York Times' office building early Wednesday.

Κρατικό ρωσικό πρακτορείο ειδήσεων RIA Novosti 30/7 «Δεν υπάρχει άλλη επιλογή: κανείς δεν πρέπει να μείνει ζωντανός στην Ουκρανία» Παρακάτω στο άρθρο, «Στην πραγματικότητα, οι Ουκρανοί στρατιώτες θα έχουν τη μοίρα των εργαστηριακών ποντικιών που σκοτώνονται αδίστακτα»

Your choices for @Meta’s Instagram and Facebook should you not pay for an ad-free “experience” on both social media platforms: - Personalised Ads - Less-personalised Ads Which one is the lesser of two evils?

Months before Przemyslaw Jeziorski, a marketing professor from the University of California, Berkeley, was killed in Greece, he filed a request for a restraining order against his ex-wife - ABC News abcnews.go.com/US/slain-uc-...

Μετά τις αντιδράσεις για επιπλέον χρέωση 2 ευρώ ανά συναλλαγή στα off-site ATM της Τράπεζας Πειραιώς έρχεται τροπολογία με την οποία θεσμοθετούνται μηδενικές χρεώσεις των τραπεζών προς τους πελάτες τους και «εθνικό πλαφόν 1,5 ευρώ για οποιαδήποτε άλλη χρέωση».

🚨The migration crisis on the holiday island of #Crete manufactured by a Libyan warlord Our piece for The Telegraph @thetelegraph.bsky.social Memphis Barker • Daphne Tolis www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

All five arrestees have requested a postponement until Monday when they are scheduled to appear before the prosecutor. They will remain in police custody until then.

Professor Przemysław Jeziorski was killed in Athens by the ex-wife’s partner who confessed today. Greek police arrested the partner, the ex-wife and three other accomplices.

Greek shipping magnate Vangelis Marinakis, owner of two football clubs (Olympiacos, Nottingham Forest) and of one of Greece’s largest media empires (Alter Ego Media) has bought the digital media assets owned by Nikos Evangelatos & Tatiana Stefanidou for a total of €28.5 million.