Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis called for joint European action on migration during a meeting with French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne on Monday in Athens.

Just over two months ago – on July 13 – the United States was shaken by an attempt on the life of Donald Trump. The former president (and current candidate) came a hair’s breadth from being killed on live television.

The US has imposed sanctions on five individuals and one entity involved in the Intellexa Consortium, which sold the Predator spyware in Greece that was found in dozens of phones, including those belonging politicians and businesspeople.

The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday that Greece will provide assistance to Portugal in combating the wildfires that are raging across the country. 

Defense Minister Nikos Dendias is a “provocateur” and among the “extremist elements” in Greece who are trying to underline the dialogue between it and Turkey, a spokesman for Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) has charged.

A ban on new licences for short-term rentals in three districts in central Athens will be in force for at least a year, the Greek government said on Monday, also raising the tax on such holiday lets.

The Hellenic Data Protection Authority has said it is examining allegations that a candidate in the forthcoming PASOK leadership election, Athens Mayor Haris Doukas, sent unsolicited electronic messages to potential voters.

According to Kathimerini, discussions are ongoing between Athens and Berlin regarding the training of future German F-35 pilots at the 120 Air Training Wing in Kalamata.

Greece “stands in solidarity with Romania, Poland, Czechia, Austria, and Moldova,” where at least 16 people have died in flooding in the past few days.

The third meeting of the Applied Greek-French Dialogues will take place in Alexandroupoli from 22 to 24, in collaboration with the Ethnological Museum of Thrace and the French Institute of Greece. 

Portugal has asked for more firefighting planes as at least 15 blazes raged in central and northern regions, including one that burned houses on the outskirts of the town of Albergaria-a-Velha.

How much will visiting the other islands will set you back, depending on the eime of the year.

World athletics chief Sebastian Coe, multi-millionaire and Olympic newcomer Johan Eliasch and Zimbabwe’s Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry are among seven candidates for next year’s International Olympic Committee presidency election, the IOC said on Monday.

Concern over migration has once again taken center stage in European politics following the rise of the far-right in Germany and Berlin’s subsequent decision to impose border controls with all neighboring countries.

A wildfire broke out on Monday in a mixed-use rural area near the village of Maritsa, located on the west coast of the eastern Aegean island of Rhodes.

It is widely believed that northern Greece is rich in water resources, but the reality is quite different. A steady decline in water levels has been recorded across all large and small lakes in the region.

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will meet with his French counterpart, Stephane Sejourne, in Athens on Monday at 3.45 p.m.

A large healthcare group from the United Arab Emirates is in talks with the Hellenic Healthcare Group.

SYRIZA member Dionysis Temponeras has dismissed media speculation about his candidacy in the upcoming leadership elections for the main opposition party.

In one of the largest estates in Paiana, eastern Attica, which covers over 75,000 square meters, French group DATA4 is already developing one of the largest complexes of data centers in Greece.